afl 2002 grand final

collingwood v brisbane mcg saturday afternoon

brisbane go back to back beating collingwood by 9 points in the grand final.

BRIS 0.4 4.12 8.14 10.15 (75)
COL 1.4 4.4 8.10 9.12 (66)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 4, Voss, McRae, Akermanis, Brown, Black, Hart;
COL – Rocca 4, Fraser 3, Buckley, Lockyer
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Lappin, Hart, Ashcroft, Lynch, C. Scott; COL – Buckley, Rocca, Fraser, Burns, McKee

INJURY: BRIS – Pike (groin), McDonald (dislocated shoulder), Akermanis (groin)

NORM SMITH MEDAL: Nathan Buckley
Buckley is only the 3rd player to win the Norm Smith Medal from a losing GF team. Previously, Richmond’s Dean Rioli in 1982 and Gary Ablett in 1989.

UMPIRES: McBurney, James, Allen

ATTENDANCE: 91,817 at MCG

round 1 matches 2003

friday

collingwood v richmond MCG (N)

saturday

kangaroos v st kilda MCG

west coast v port S

sydney v carlton TS (N)

brisbane v essendon G (N)

sunday

adelaide v freo AAMI

melbourne v hawthorn MCG

bulldogs v geelong TD