"For him to move away and do the hard yards he's had to do, he's done everyone up in the (Northern) Territory very proud. Only four players have won the Norm Smith Medal in losing sides, Maurice Rioli in 1992, Gary Ablett Sr. in 1989, Nathan Buckley in 2002 and Chris Judd in 2005.

Geelong started strongly, earning a two-goal advantage after eight minutes, with Max Rooke scoring the opening goal of the game after catching an unaware Raphael Clarke holding the ball. Paul Chapman would in the end be awarded the medal after a two-way tie with Saint Jason Gram was awarded to Chapman due to his superior amount of three votes from the judges. John Worsfold, Chairman Voting for the 2009 Norm Smith Medal: 9 Paul Chapman, Geelong (3, 3, 3) 9 Jason Gram, St Kilda (3, 2, 2, 1, 1) 3 Harry Taylor, Geelong (3) [6][9], Had Dawson's spoil not gone directly to Scarlett, St Kilda would have been able to gain possession and go forward into attack themselves. Rioli is often referred to as a genius, and the instincts he called on to find space in the Eagles' now famed 'web' broke the game open. Norm Smith Medal. Its only flag to date was won 43 years earlier in the 1966 Grand Final. Norm Smith Medal Presented to the player judged, by an independent panel of football experts, to be best on ground in the Grand Final. Known as 'Junior Boy', he made his own name as a premiership player back in 2008 and on Saturday he elevated himself into rare air with a masterful performance that stamped him as a superstar. Full Norm Smith Medal Voting Check out how the Norm Smith Medal judges voted. His proud father, Cyril Rioli Jnr, will remember the mark he flew for on the wing with four minutes remaining that he shouldn't have had the energy to take but did. Luke Shuey has taken out the Norm Smith Medal with a big performance in Saturday's Grand Final as West Coast claimed the 2018 Premiership in a thrilling five-point win over Collingwood. In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. Chapman beat other contenders Gary Ablett and Joel Selwood to win the medal. Their first loss came in Round 14 against St Kilda (who at that stage were also undefeated) by six points, with Michael Gardiner kicking the winning goal in the dying minutes for the Saints. The 21 minutes that followed yielded only five behinds: the first two to St Kilda, and the next three to Geelong, tying the scores at 67 apiece. It was sixth grand final appearance in St Kilda's history and the first since the 1997 Grand Final, with the club attempting to win its second premiership. You can access more content with Watch AFL. There were many stoppages, much congestion and very little opportunity for scoring by either side. On Saturday he fulfilled it by joining his uncles Maurice Rioli and Michael Long as a Norm Smith medallist. 1 Josh Gibson (Hawthorn 1. "To win his fourth premiership in his eighth season, I'm a very proud dad," Rioli Jnr told AFL.com.au. Early in the second quarter he flew for a mark with McGovern in defence and went to ground, before bouncing to his feet and chasing down an unsuspecting Mark Hutchings. The match, attended by 99,251 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 12 points, marking the club's eighth VFL/AFL premiership victory. St Kilda entered the three quarter time break with a seven-point lead. Geelong entered the 2009 season after two consecutive minor premierships and two consecutive grand final appearances: a victory against Port Adelaide in the 2007 AFL Grand Final and a loss against Hawthorn in the 2008 AFL Grand Final. These votes are tallied, and the highest number of combined votes wins the medal. Catchup on all the latest action from the, Masterful Rioli dedicates 'Norm' to cousin, Flying Kangaroo streets the field to take out Grand Final sprint, Roo streets the field in Grand Final sprint, Analysis: How the Hawks unravelled the Eagles' web, Match report: Hawks secure historic three-peat, From the outer: How you saw history's hottest GF, Hawthorn 13.22 (100) d North Melbourne 10.10 (70), Hawthorn 18.13 (121) d North Melbourne 15.13 (103), Hawthorn 22.20 (152) d Melbourne 6.20 (56), Hawthorn 21.18 (144) d Geelong 21.12 (138), Hawthorn 20.19 (139) d West Coast 13.8 (86), Hawthorn 11.11 (77) d Fremantle 8.14 (62), Hawthorn 21.11 (137) d Sydney Swans 11.8 (74), Hawthorn 16.11 (107) d West Coast 8.13 (61). For Rioli, you need to sift through a dozen moments on Saturday.

• From the outer: How you saw history's hottest GF. "Geelong wins second AFL flag in three years", Geelong defeat St Kilda by 12 points in thrilling AFL grand final, "Mid-year summit that landed Geelong a flag", "Great grand final - and an even better fence", "Cats the last ones standing in epic battle", Geelong win 2009 Australian Football League Grand Final, South Australian National Football League, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2009_AFL_Grand_Final&oldid=968636693, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 July 2020, at 16:01. Paul Chapman is the only player to win the Norm Smith Medal on a countback, winning in 2009. He dedicated the award to his cousin, Fabian 'Brocky' Brock, who was killed halfway through this season. Paul Chapman was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for his three goals and 26 possessions, despite sustaining a slight hamstring injury in the first quarter. Lenny Hayes is the only player to win the Norm Smith in a … This was the first time that St Kilda and Geelong had met in a grand final. Cyril Rioli celebrates with his two medals. It was also the first grand final to be played since the death of cartoonist William Ellis Green (better known as WEG), who had been drawing victory posters after VFL/AFL grand finals since 1954. St Kilda became the first team to lose a grand final from a three-quarter time lead since Hawthorn in 1984. Rioli was presented with his award by dual Norm Smith medallist and Adelaide champion Andrew McLeod, who he thanked on stage along with his wife and children. [10] Most crucially, St Kilda was held goalless during the final quarter. A subsequent behind to Rooke in the 27th minute put the Cats seven points ahead, and a rushed behind to the Saints in the 29th minute brought the margin back to one goal. It had rained heavily the previous night in Melbourne such that the ground was particularly wet around the boundary, and there were also several heavy showers during the game.



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