2013 AFL grand final - Wikipedia 2013 AFL grand final 2013 AFL Grand Final View of the Melbourne Cricket Ground moments after gates opened for the 2013 AFL Grand Final. Hawthorn Fremantle 11.11 ( 77 ) 8.14 ( 62 ) HAW 2.3 ( 15 ) 5.5 ( 35 ) 8.8 ( 56 ) 11.11 ( 77 ) FRE 0.3 ( 3 ) 1.6 ( 12 ) 6.10 ( 46 ) 8.14 ( 62 ) Date 28 September 2013 ( 2013 - 09 - 28 ), 2 : 30pm Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 100,007 Umpires Brett Rosebury, Simon Meredith, Matthew Nicholls Coin toss won by Fremantle Kicked toward City End Ceremonies Pre-match entertainment Birds of Tokyo National anthem Tina Arena Halftime show Hunters and Collectors Post-match entertainment Hunters and Collectors, Birds of Tokyo Accolades Norm Smith Medallist Brian Lake Jock McHale Medallist Alastair Clarkson Broadcast in Australia Network Seven Network Commentators Bruce McAvaney ( host ) Hamish McLachlan ( host ) Dennis Cometti ( commentator ) Wayne Carey ( expert commentator ) Cameron Ling ( expert commentator ) Leigh Matthews ( expert commentator ) Basil Zempilas ( analyst ) Brian Taylor ( analyst ) Samantha Lane ( analyst ) Matthew Richardson ( boundary rider ) Tim Watson ( boundary rider ) ← 2012 AFL Grand Final 2014 → The 2013 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between Hawthorn Football Club and Fremantle Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September 2013. It was the 117th annual grand final of the Australian Football League ( formerly the Victorian Football League ), staged to determine the premiers for the 2013 AFL season. The match, attended by 100,007 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 15 points, marking the club 's eleventh VFL / AFL premiership victory. Hawthorn 's Brian Lake was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground. Contents 1 Background 2 Media Coverage 3 Pre-match entertainment 4 Match summary 4.1 First quarter 4.2 Second quarter 4.3 Third quarter 4.4 Final quarter 4.5 Overall report 4.6 Norm Smith Medal 5 Teams 6 Scorecard 7 Tribunal 8 See also 9 References Background Main article : 2013 AFL season Further information : 2013 AFL finals series, 2013 Hawthorn Football Club season, and 2013 Fremantle Football Club season Hawthorn entered the 2013 season having lost the 2012 Grand Final to Sydney, and for most of the season was seen as the favourites for the premiership. After losing to Geelong in Round 1, Hawthorn compiled a 12 - match winning streak, until this streak was ended with another loss to Geelong in Round 15. The club 's only other loss came against Richmond in Round 19, and it finished with a record of 19 -- 3 to win the minor premiership for the second consecutive year. They defeated Sydney in the qualifying final by 54 points and earned a week off. They ended an 11 - match losing streak against Geelong ( dating back to 2008 ) to win by five points in the preliminary final. The match was Hawthorn 's third grand final appearance in six years. Fremantle entered the 2013 season having come off a semi-final loss to Adelaide in the previous year 's finals series. After winning their first two matches of the season by 28 points, the Dockers lost back - to - back matches against Essendon and Hawthorn to be 2 -- 2 after Round 4 -- this was the only time they lost consecutive matches during the season. Fremantle recorded its largest ever victory when they defeated Greater Western Sydney in Round 20, then, with a finals berth guaranteed, Ross Lyon rested half of his regular side ahead of its final regular season match against St Kilda ; the result was a 71 - point defeat, which marked the worst defeat in Lyon 's coaching career. The team finished third at the end of the home - and - away season, and compiled a club - best record of 16 -- 5 -- 1. They unexpectedly defeated Geelong in Geelong by 15 points in the first week of the finals ( an upset that is still regarded by many as the greatest victory in the teams history ), which earnt them a week off and a home preliminary final. Fremantle defeated the reigning premiers, Sydney, by 25 points in the preliminary final. The match was Fremantle 's first grand final in its history. The two teams met once during the regular season, in Round 4 at Aurora Stadium ; Hawthorn won by 42 points. Media coverage The match was televised by the Seven Network. The primary match commentary was provided by Bruce McAvaney and Dennis Cometti. Pre-match entertainment Two Australian bands, Birds of Tokyo and Hunters & Collectors performed before the game and at half time, respectively. The Australian national anthem was sung by Tina Arena. Match summary First quarter Fremantle won the coin toss and chose to kick towards the City End of the MCG in the first quarter. However, it was Hawthorn who got off to a good start, with Jack Gunston kicking the first goal before Lance Franklin kicked the Hawks ' second after Luke McPharlin gave away a 50 - metre penalty for stepping over the mark. Hawthorn then had a few chances to extend their margin, however a rushed behind, combined with missed opportunities by Shaun Burgoyne and Isaac Smith, had little influence on the scoreboard. Meanwhile, Fremantle were held goalless in the opening quarter with Hayden Ballantyne and Nick Suban missing relatively easy shots on goal whilst Nathan Fyfe missed two shots completely with both going out on the full. At quarter time, the Hawks had a 12 point lead. Second quarter Hawthorn started off the quarter strongly, taking a stranglehold of the game against the Dockers. Jack Gunston kicked his second goal on the run from just inside 50 before Cyril Rioli through his manic forward pressure, got himself on the board after catching Lee Spurr for holding the ball, taking the Hawks to a massive 24 point lead. Finally at the 12 minute mark, Tendai Mzungu kicked the Dockers ' first goal, before Ryan Crowley kicked yet another behind for Fremantle. This was quickly followed by Jack Gunston slotting his third goal after outpositioning Fremantle 's Zac Dawson. The two teams then exchanged behinds with Rioli and Brad Sewell for Hawthorn and Matthew Pavlich and Nat Fyfe for Fremantle all registering minor scores as Hawthorn enjoyed a 23 point lead at half time. Fremantle 's first half score of 1.6 ( 12 ) was the lowest in a grand final since 1960. Third quarter After failing to capitalise on their chances in the first half, Fremantle began a comeback in the third quarter. Within a minute, Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich kicked his first goal, however this was later cancelled out by a goal to Jarryd Roughead. This was followed by 3 goals in succession to Femantle with goals to Pavlich, Michael Walters, a massive 55 metre set shot bomb from Chris Mayne and a behind from David Mundy to take the Dockers within 3 points of the Hawks. The Hawks tried to respond with a flurry of their own, however missed opportunities to Roughead and Cyril Rioli only made little difference to the margin. Roughead later managed to kick his second goal after he was pushed in the back, but Fremantle replied as behinds to Stephen Hill and Michael Barlow and Walters kicking his second goal once again allowed them to close within 3 points. Moments later, Hawthorn replied again as Jack Gunston kicked his fourth goal. Gunston then has another opportunity through a set shot but misses it to the right as the Hawks entered the three - quarter - time break ten points ahead. Final quarter As much as the majority of the 3rd quarter was dominated by Fremantle, the first half of the fourth quarter was dominated by the Hawks as they booted 3 unanswered goals to take themselves to a match winning 31 point lead. Jarryd Roughead missed a shot with his snap going wide before Isaac Smith slotted a massive goal from a set shot 55 metres out in similar fashion to Chris Mayne 's goal in the third quarter. Additional goals to Luke Breust and Bradley Hill and behinds from Roughead and Lance Franklin put the result beyond doubt, stretching their lead to 31 points. During Hawthorn 's period of dominance, Brian Lake, a recently recruited defender from the Western Bulldogs, was instrumental in shutting down Fremantle 's attacks, taking two critical contested marks from opposing kicks, to help his team to victory. Fremantle tried hard to make a final comeback with two late goals to Danyle Pearce and Matthew Pavlich to give the Dockers some hope. However, Fremantle 's inability on the day to convert their opportunities was summed up as Hayden Ballantyne and Pavlich missed two crucial shots on goal, whereas another opportunity was rushed through for a behind. Fremantle then had one last opportunity to get themselves back into the game. With 90 seconds remaining, Ryan Crowley had a running shot on goal in an open paddock which would 've bought the Dockers to within 2 kicks of the Hawks, however, he was run down and tackled by Ben Stratton with the ensuing kick missing to the right. Hawthorn were then able to hold on to the win the grand final by 15 points, avenging their grand final loss the previous year. Overall report A panoramic view of the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the 2013 Grand Final. Hawthorn led the match from start to finish, but were outplayed for significant periods. It is the only grand final which Champion Data have assessed as having been won by the poorer side on the day, as Fremantle were left to rue their opportunities they were unable to convert. 2013 remains the only time the Fremantle Dockers have appeared in an AFL Grand Final since joining the league in 1995 ( and hence the closest they have come to an AFL Premiership ). Two years later in 2015, Fremantle won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the AFL ladder at the end of the home & away season, but they failed to convert that achievement into another grand final appearance, losing to Hawthorn in the Preliminary Final. Norm Smith Medal Brian Lake took ten marks of which seven were intercept marks to repel the Dockers attack. He took two crucial marks in the final quarter which sealed his Norm Smith Medal win. Lake finished with 12 votes, just edging out teammate Jack Gunston with 11 votes who was also crucial on the day with his straight kicking, booting 4 goals. David Mundy polled 4 votes, while Luke Hodge and Nat Fyfe polled 2 and 1 votes respectively. He subsequently accepted a four match suspension for deliberately elbowing opponent Michael Walters in the jaw during the third quarter, making him the first Norm Smith Medalist to have committed a reportable offence during a match. Teams Hawthorn Football Club B : 24 Ben Stratton 17 Brian Lake 18 Brent Guerra HB : 9 Shaun Burgoyne 6 Josh Gibson 14 Grant Birchall C : 16 Isaac Smith 5 Sam Mitchell 3 Jordan Lewis HF : 22 Luke Breust 23 Lance Franklin 33 Cyril Rioli F : 28 Paul Puopolo 2 Jarryd Roughead 20 David Hale Foll : 39 Max Bailey 12 Brad Sewell 15 Luke Hodge ( c ) Int : 26 Liam Shiels 19 Jack Gunston 10 Bradley Hill 32 Jonathan Simpkin ( sub ) Coach : Alastair Clarkson Fremantle Football Club B : 41 Paul Duffield 3 Zac Dawson 37 Michael Johnson HB : 6 Danyle Pearce 18 Luke McPharlin 34 Lee Spurr C : 13 Tendai Mzungu 15 Ryan Crowley 16 David Mundy HF : 7 Nathan Fyfe 23 Chris Mayne 33 Cameron Sutcliffe F : 10 Michael Walters 29 Matthew Pavlich ( c ) 30 Zac Clarke Foll : 31 Aaron Sandilands 9 Matt de Boer 32 Stephen Hill Int : 1 Hayden Ballantyne 8 Nick Suban 21 Michael Barlow 27 Lachie Neale ( sub ) Coach : Ross Lyon Umpires The umpiring panel for the grand final comprised nine match day umpires and three emergencies. Among the umpires were four grand final debutants : field umpire Mathew Nicholls, boundary umpires Michael Marantelli and Michael Saunders, and goal umpire Adam Wojcik. 2013 AFL Grand Final umpires Position Umpire 1 Umpire 2 Umpire 3 Umpire 4 Emergency Field : 8 Brett Rosebury ( 6 ) 15 Mathew Nicholls ( 1 ) 21 Simon Meredith ( 2 ) 9 Matt Stevic Boundary : Nathan Doig ( 2 ) Robert Haala ( 2 ) Michael Marantelli ( 1 ) Michael Saunders ( 1 ) Matthew Tomkins Goal : Luke Walker ( 5 ) Adam Wojcik ( 1 ) Chris Appleton Numbers in brackets represent the number of grand finals umpired ; this number includes 2013 and does not include times selected as an emergency umpire. Scorecard Grand Final Saturday, 28 September ( 2 : 30 pm ) Hawthorn def. Fremantle MCG ( crowd : 100,007 ) Report 2.3 ( 15 ) 5.5 ( 35 ) 8.8 ( 56 ) 11.11 ( 77 ) Q1 Q2 Q3 Final 0.3 ( 3 ) 1.6 ( 12 ) 6.10 ( 46 ) 8.14 ( 62 ) Umpires : Brett Rosebury, Mathew Nicholls, Simon Meredith Norm Smith Medal : Brian Lake Television broadcast : Seven Network National anthem : Tina Arena Gunston 4 Roughead 2 Franklin, Rioli, Smith, Breust, Hill 1 Goals 3 Pavlich 2 Walters 1 Mzungu, Mayne, Pearce Lake, Gunston, Lewis, Rioli, Hodge, Birchall Best Mundy, Fyfe, Crowley, Johnson, Barlow Nil Injuries Nil Lake - Striking ; Rioli - Rough conduct Reports Suban - Misconduct Tribunal The following Monday, the Match Review Panel adjudicated on two offences incurred by Hawthorn 's Brian Lake and Cyril Rioli, both of which carried the double points loading of due to being incurred during a grand final. The third offence of misconduct against Fremantle 's Nick Suban was referred directly to the Tribunal for assessment, which determined the incident was improper but not grievous. Suban pleaded guilty to the incident and apologized for what he felt to be an accident. Player Charge Penalty Nick Suban, Fremantle Unreasonable and unnecessary contact to the face of Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn, in the 1st Quarter. Referred to the Tribunal. Suban pleaded guilty ; suspended one match. Cyril Rioli, Hawthorn Rough conduct ( chicken - wing tackle ) against Michael Barlow, Fremantle, in the 3rd Quarter. Pled guilty ; suspended one match. Brian Lake, Hawthorn Striking Michael Walters, Fremantle, in the 3rd Quarter. Pled guilty ; suspended three matches. See also 2013 NAB Cup 2013 AFL season 2013 AFL finals series References Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2013 AFL Grand Final. Jump up ^ In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play - off. In 1948, 1977 and 2010, there were grand final replays after initial draws. Jump up ^ Landsberger, Sam ( 2012 - 09 - 29 ). `` Hawthorn opens the 2013 premiership market favourite ''. Herald Sun. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 06. Jump up ^ Bartley, Patrick ( 2 September 2013 ). `` AFL grand final 2013 entertainment headlined by local acts ''. Sydney Morning Herald ) ). Jump up ^ `` AFL grand final 2013 : Hawthorn v Fremantle as it happened ''. ABC.net. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` Hawthorn v Fremantle : AFL grand final -- as it happened ''. The Guardian. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013. ^ Jump up to : What we learnt from the 2013 AFL Grand Final, The Roar, 29 September 2013 Jump up ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/champion-data-fremantle-should-have-beaten-hawthorn-by-six-points-in-the-2013-grand-final/news-story/00d982ed553da77d96464b78af79ed82 Jump up ^ `` 2013 Grand Final as it happened ''. AFL.com. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lake, Rioli banned, Suban to Tribunal - AFL.com.au ''. afl.com.au. Jump up ^ Julia Gauci ( 24 September 2013 ). `` AFL announces Grand Final umpires ''. 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Australian Football League. 2013 AFL season Events NAB Cup Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series Awards 22under22 team AFL Players Association awards All - Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Michael Tuck Medal Norm Smith Medal Rising Star Club overviews Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney Western Bulldogs West Coast Player changes Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings Major events Melbourne tanking scandal Essendon supplements saga Victorian / Australian Football League Grand Finals VFL Grand Finals 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 AFL Grand Finals 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Hawthorn Football Club 2013 AFL premiers Hawthorn 11.11 ( 77 ) defeated Fremantle 8.14 ( 62 ), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2. Roughead 3. Lewis 5. Mitchell 6. Gibson 9. Burgoyne 10. Hill 12. Sewell 14. Birchall 15. Hodge ( c ) 16. Smith 17. Lake 18. Guerra 19. Gunston 20. Hale 22. Breust 23. Franklin 24. Stratton 26. Shiels 28. Puopolo 32. Simpkin 33. Rioli 39. 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