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A Grand Final is the culmination of a series of final matches played between a number of sporting teams to decide the premier team. The term, which originated from the sport of Australian rules football is used predominantly in Australian sport in almost all forms. Similar terms, such as Super Bowl and Championship Playoff to describe similar events in other sports around the world. Australian Rules and Aussie Rules redirect here. ...
The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ...
Notable competitions which play a Grand Final include the Australian Football League, the National Rugby League, the A-League, the Women's National Basketball League, and the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. The Australian Football League is the Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ...
The logo of the National Rugby League. ...
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The Womens National Basketball League (WNBL) is the premier womens basketball league in Australia. ...
The Commonwealth Bank Trophy is the elite national competitition in Australian netball. ...
In rugby league, the use of the term has spread to the United Kingdom, the prime example being the Super League Grand Final. Rugby league is a team sport, played by two teams of 13 players. ...
The engage Super League logo Super League (Europe) is the only full-time professional rugby league competition operating in the northern hemisphere. ...
For the sport of standardbred harness racing it refers to the final horse race in the Inter Dominion series between Australia and New Zealand. Standardbred harness racing horses are so called because in the early years of the Trotting Registry, the standardbred stud book established in the United States in 1879 by the National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, only horses who could race a mile in a standard time or better, or whose...
A trotter training at Vincennes hippodrome Harness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. ...
The Interdominions is a harness racing competition held between horses from Australia and New Zealand. ...
History
Possibly the first Grand Finals of any kind occurred in the sport of Australian rules football in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA, now SANFL), on October 7, 1889. In those days, premierships were decided simply upon ladder placings, but the game was necessitated when Norwood and Port Adelaide finished equal on wins and goals. Norwood won the game 7.4 vs 5.9. Australian Rules and Aussie Rules redirect here. ...
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL as it is usually referred to, is the premier league for Australian Rules football in the state of South Australia. ...
October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ...
1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Norwood Football Club, known as the Redlegs, is an Australian Rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia. ...
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The following years saw two more Grand Finals necessitated by ties at the top of the ladder. In 1894, Norwood played South Adelaide; the game was drawn, leading to the first of only five Grand Final Replays in senior Australian football history. Then, in 1896, in the Victorian Football Association, the Collingwood and South Melbourne Football Clubs gave Victoria its first Grand Final, won by Collingwood 6.9 vs 5.10. 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
The Norwood Football Club, known as the Redlegs, is an Australian Rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia. ...
The South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). ...
In Australian rules football, a Grand Final Replay is necessitated when the Grand Final is drawn. ...
1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Victorian Football League (formerly known as the Victorian Football Association or VFA) is widely regarded as Australias 4th most competitive Australian rules football league after the AFL, SANFL and the WAFL. It features 13 teams from throughout Victoria and Tasmania. ...
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ...
The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...
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In 1897, when eight teams broke away from the VFA to form the VFL, the concept of finals football was high on the agenda, with teams buoyed by the success and attendances of the 1896 Grand Final. Over the following ten years, all top-level Australian football leagues had adopted a finals structure. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
The Victorian Football League (formerly known as the Victorian Football Association or VFA) is widely regarded as Australias 4th most competitive Australian rules football league after the AFL, SANFL and the WAFL. It features 13 teams from throughout Victoria and Tasmania. ...
The Australian Football League is the Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ...
1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
In New South Wales, the NSWRL rugby league commenced in 1908, also utilising a finals system. This system proved unpopular, and was used only sporadically from 1912 until 1925. However, finals once again gained support, and a Grand Final has been held in all bar one season since 1926. Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea Speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo Gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus Viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ...
The logo of the National Rugby League. ...
1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A Championship Final was introduced to determine the winner of the British Rugby League Championship in 1904, though it only became a regular fixture from 1906 onwards. In 1973 it was replaced by the Premiership Final, and the term Grand Final was first used in 1998, two years after the start of Super League. The Grand Final has now become an accepted part of the British scene, and the term is used to describe the final of leagues below Super League such as the National Leagues and the Conference. 2005 was won by the sydney swans. The Rugby League Championship was the major professional competition organised by the Rugby Football League in Great Britain. ...
The Rugby League Premiership was a competition for British rugby league clubs that operated between 1973 and 1995. ...
The Rugby League National Leagues (currently known as the LHF Healthplan National Leagues as a result of sponsorship) form the basis for rugby league competition in Great Britain below Super League. ...
The Rugby League Conference (RLC) (also known as the TotalRL Conference as a result of sponsorship from totalrl. ...
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