<Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2016 </Td> <Td> AFL Grand Final </Td> <Td> 2018 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2016 </Td> <Td> AFL Grand Final </Td> <Td> 2018 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2017 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Crows and the Richmond Tigers, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September 2017 . It was the 121st annual grand final of the Australian Football League staged to determine the premiers for the 2017 AFL season . Richmond defeated Adelaide by 48 points, marking the club's eleventh premiership and first since 1980 . Richmond's Dustin Martin won the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground . The match was attended by 100,021 people, the largest crowd since the 1986 Grand Final . </P> <P> Adelaide claimed the minor premiership for the second time in their history, finishing on top of the 2017 AFL ladder with 15 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, edging out Geelong via a better percentage . The Crows recorded two dominant wins in the finals series, defeating Greater Western Sydney by 36 points in the qualifying final and then overwhelming Geelong to win the preliminary final by 61 points . </P>

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