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  • The AFL have confirmed the five-person panel to judge the Norm Smith medallist of the 2021 grand final. The panel includes:

    Luke Hodge (Channel 7)

    Harry Taylor (ABC radio)

    Tania Armstrong (Triple M)

    Andrew Krakouer (NIRS and Yokayi Footy Show)

    Callum Twomey (AFL.com.au)

    In the event of a draw, this procedure will apply:

  • Goal umpires confirm scores are identical
  • There is a six-minute break
  • Teams change ends
  • Three minutes of additional time shall be played, plus time-on
  • At the end of the first additional time period, the siren will sound and teams will immediately change ends without a break
  • The ball will be bounced (or thrown up) in the centre and a further three minutes of play (plus time-on) will commence
  • At the conclusion of this period, the siren will sound and the team with the highest score is declared the winner
  • If scores are still tied, steps 3-8 are repeated until a result is determined

    • Meanwhile, Richard Goyder will be barracking for extra time in the grand final and is hoping for a free-flowing, attacking game.

    “I’m a draw person ... I’d love extra time,” he said.

    Read the full story here.

    Meg Rankin first went to the footy as a child with her mum, Joan Skerry.

    Both are Melbourne Demons tragics. Robbie Flower was an early favourite, Todd Viney a later one.

    Trav and Meg Rankin with kids Emily (left), Lucinda (right) and dog Stella in Melbourne colours ahead of the grand final.

    Trav and Meg Rankin with kids Emily (left), Lucinda (right) and dog Stella in Melbourne colours ahead of the grand final. Credit:Justin McManus

    Meg never gave her daughters Emily, 13, and Lucinda, 11, a chance to support anyone else â€" they each made their first visits to the MCG three weeks after birth.

    Click here to read the story.

    The running sheet (all times AEST):

  • 6.22pm Welcome to Country
  • 6.29pm Entertainment performance (Abbe May, Baker Boy, John Butler, Stella Donnelly, Vikki Thorn, Donna Simpson, Gina Williams, Guy Ghouse, Eskimo Joe, Colin Hay)
  • 6.46pm Entertainment ends
  • 6.55pm Umpires enter arena
  • 6.58pm Western Bulldogs enter arena, take a team picture
  • 7.05pm Melbourne enter arena, take team photo
  • 7.10pm Premiership Cup arrival (Glen Jakovich, Garry Lyon and Chris Grant)
  • 7.11pm National Anthem (Amy Manford)
  • 7.13pm Coin toss
  • 7.15pm Grand Final starts
  • 7.45pm Quarter time
  • 7.46pm Colgate Grand Final sprint
  • 7.51pm Second quarter starts
  • 8.29pm AFL half time entertainment performance (Birds of Tokyo accompanied by WA Symphony Orchestra) Note: This blogger once played a bird in an AFL grand final half time performance sometime in the mid-1990s)
  • 8.48pm Third quarter starts
  • 9.18pm Three quarter time
  • 9.25pm Fourth quarter starts
  • 9.55pm Final siren
  • 10.06pm Post-match presentation (team photo)

    • Gillon McLachlan had just spotted Rob Stary in the AFL offices and wondered why a noted criminal lawyer, who’d represented notorious crime figures Carl Williams and Tony Mokbel as well as terror suspects, would be in the foyer in February of 2016.

    He wandered over to Stary and discovered that the lawyer, a Bulldogs tragic, was acting for one of that club’s least recognisable players, Luke Goetz, a 202-centimetre rookie ruckman from Altona who had just made what would be his sole appearance at senior level for the Dogs in a practice game at Craigieburn.

    Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge.

    Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge.Credit:Getty Images

    “How many weeks did he get,” asked the AFL boss.

    Click here to read the story.

    When he was 17 and a footy nobody at pre-draft camp, Fremantle asked Max Gawn how his then-girlfriend would handle a move across the Nullarbor. “She’ll be right,” he replied. “Her goal in life is to be a footballer’s wife.”

    Twelve years later, he is in all ways a towering figure, the most distinctive and distinguished in the game, but he’s still Max Gawn. On Brownlow Medal night this week, former teammate Jack Fitzpatrick texted him to say he could win the Brownlow, the Norm Smith, and the title of drought-breaking premiership captain, too.

    Max Gawn.

    Max Gawn.Credit:Getty Images

    “Don’t forget best-on on mad Monday,” Gawn replied immediately.

    Click here to read the story.

    Please explain podcast host Nathanael Cooper chats with Age footy writer Sam McClure about the AFL grand final.

    Good afternoon everyone. It’s Roy Ward and welcome to our AFL grand final live blog. I’ll be joined over the day by Ronny Lerner and Daniella Miletic as we count down to first bounce on this momentum occasion of a first grand final in Perth.

    We will have plenty of stories and action for you throughout today and tonight right through the post-game as the new premiers celebrate their victory.

    Please feel free to leave a comment on the blog at any time and keep an eye out for our reader polls and other interactive posts.

    First bounce is 7.15pm AEST, enjoy the day and night to come.

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