Hawks steamroll Eagles to go three in a row
Rohan Connolly Hawthorn have run over the top of West Coast to win the grand final by 46 points, sealing their third grand final win in as many years.
2015 AFL grand final
Hawks fly in rarefied air
Caroline Wilson The chant for Cyril Rioli broke out eight minutes before the siren sounded to celebrate Hawthorn's third successive premiership and lift his football team into the rarefied air of sporting immortality.
The greatness of Hawthorn
Greg Baum How to measure the greatness of Hawthorn? With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, let us count the ways.
Clarkson a coaching great: Hawks president
Jon Pierik Hawthorn president Andrew Newbold says the Hawks will look to make Alastair Clarkson the club's longest-serving coach, declaring him one of the "greats of the game".
Lake wants to extend career
Jesse Hogan Brian Lake had no thoughts of retirement in the aftermath of becoming a three-time premiership player.
Inaccuracy 'killed us':Simpson
Daniel Cherny An anguished Adam Simpson said poor kicking for goal "killed" his West Coast side at critical stages of Saturday's grand final loss to Hawthorn.
Hodge leads the charge yet again
Peter Hanlon Hawthorn's inspirational captain emerges from a trying year in a familiar place.
A triumph of patience and planning
Michael Gleeson This was an historic triumph. It was a triumph of patience and planning, of execution and invention. It was a triumph of the whipping (new) boy.
Eagles lament missed opportunities
Matt Murnane It's never about what you can do in grand finals, only what you will do.
Gibson's move keeps paying off
Larissa Nicholson Josh Gibson was chasing a premiership when he requested a trade from North Melbourne to Hawthorn at the end of 2009.
Key duels from the grand final
Brad Elborough Mitchell v Priddis, Frawley v Kennedy and Rioli v ... various. The key match-ups from the 2015 grand final.
What happened at the pre-game show
Jenna Clarke Bad acoustics, brain fade and glitchy technology are becoming more common at the grand final pre-game show than meat pies.
What the Ellie was the AFL thinking?
Leaping Larry There is a certain tradition associated with the AFL grand final entertainment and that tradition, by and large, is that it's a bit $2 shoppy.
Scalpers asking up to $2000 for tickets
Chloe Booker Scalpers at the MCG are asking for as much as $2000 a ticket for the AFL grand final, as other fans keen for tickets report prices around $600.
Clarkson, the supercoach who keeps on firing
Caroline Wilson Alastair Clarkson runs eight or nine kilometres through bayside Melbourne in the early hours every Wednesday alongside his friends Mark Brayshaw, Ben Crowe, Andrew Grant and Damien Hardwick.
On parade, the colours of an empire
Greg Baum There were Hawthorn jumpers still so new they gleamed in the brilliant spring sunshine, and Hawthorn scarves so old the brown and gold had bled to make the colour of bad hair dye.
Clarkson sticks to a tried and true formula
Jake Niall If Hawthorn remains faithful to the team selected and wins, it will be the oldest premier in VFL/AFL grand final history.
Hawks ready for a 'hot and horrid' grand final
Jon Pierik Hawthorn star Sam Mitchell has urged his experienced teammates to match West Coast's raw enthusiasm and intensity in a grand final the Hawks believe shapes as a "hot and horrid" affair.
Ruthless Hawks will look to intimidate Eagles
Robert Walls Expect the first ten minutes of Saturday's grand final to be the most ferocious frantic football of the season.
Hawks 'will have plenty of weapons'
Jon Pierik While he feels for heartbreak kid Billy Hartung, returning forward Jack Gunston says the decision to retain Ryan Schoenmakers will ensure the Hawks boast tremendous marking power inside attacking 50 in football's showpiece event.
The moment the Eagles took flight
Rohan Connolly West Coast's rise has been one of the stories of the 2015 season. But the turning point for Adam Simpson's Eagles came in a seemingly inconsequential match against Adelaide late last season.
Duryea: the man they couldn't ignore
Michael Gleeson Alastair Clarkson bent his own rules to fit Taylor Duryea into last year's grand final.
How the grand final teams came together
Emma Quayle If good recruiting can be reduced to picking talented players and keeping them at the club, it should surprise no-one that West Coast is the team trying to tear Hawthorn down on grand final day.
Unpicking the 'Weagles Web'
The Opposition Analyst West Coast's "team defence" is one of its great strengths, but how does it work?
Hartung 'devastated' at being dropped
Daniel Cherny and Larissa Nicholson Billy Hartung was left "devastated" by his omission from Hawthorn's grand final team, but said he remained proud of what he had achieved in 2015.
Jeremy McGovern's getting of football wisdom
Greg Baum The first of Jeremy McGovern's several football educations began at nine or 10 on a red dirt oval in a hamlet called Warburton.
Grand finale for a season like no other
Martin Flanagan No one word or phrase could possibly sum up the 2015 AFL season.
Simpson drawing on time at Hawks
Daniel Cherny West Coast coach Adam Simpson is drawing on his experiences from his grand finals at Hawthorn in the final hours before Saturday's decider against the Hawks.
Brownlow telecast may still be going
Leaping Larry There's only so much rampant hair product, nose-squawking of dress designer names and brain-pulverising small talk that the human mind was built to endure.
This is why I stayed: Schoenmakers
Daniel Cherny Ryan Schoenmakers could have gone to Adelaide at the end of last year, but thought his "best opportunity" of playing in another grand final was to remain at Hawthorn.
The redemption of Frawley
Garry Lyon Three weeks ago, James Frawley trudged off Domain Stadium having failed in his first appearance in an AFL final.
Hawks no match for '80s team: Kennett
Samantha Lane Even a third successive premiership from Hawthorn's current crop will not match the club's 1980s dynasty, former president Jeff Kennett has said.
The experts' view – who will win and why
Age football writers predict the winner of Saturday's grand final.
Everything you need to know
Larissa Nicholson The game will be screened live on big screens in Yarra Park, outside the MCG, and at Federation Square.
Crowds flock to grand final parade
Liam Mannix, Mikaela Day Crowds are flocking to the AFL grand final parade, despite the public holiday.
After the Hawks, Ellis is at home at the Eagles
Greg Baum While picking up his father at Perth airport before the West Coast-Hawthorn qualifying final, Xavier Ellis bumped into the mother and sister of Luke Hodge disembarking from the same flight, and so gave them a ride, too.
West Coast v Hawthorn will be ultimate battle
Wayne Carey Forget last week. Forget the finals. Forget the season. Saturday is what footy is all about, the big dance.
Premiership win this year would trump 2014
Jesse Hogan A Hawthorn premiership in 2015 would be a greater achievement than 2014, Andrew Newbold believes. But the president won't say whether he thinks a third consecutive flag would make the current Hawks the best line-up in their history.
Hawthorn's defence vs West Coast's attack
Matt Murnane Concluding our series breaking down the grand final from one end of the ground to the other, we look at Hawthorn's defence against West Coast's attack.
Hawks need Schoenmakers: Dunstall
Matt Murnane Hawthorn's greatest goal-kicker Jason Dunstall has urged his former club to play Ryan Schoenmakers as a key forward in the grand final, no matter what happens with the fitness of Jack Gunston.
Luke Hodge set for spot after run
Luke Hodge is expected to play in Saturday's grand final, after he and Jack Gunston completed a low-key running session under the gaze of Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson.
Do West Coast have to tag Sam Mitchell?
Matt Murnane Fremantle didn't bring in Ryan Crowley to do the job. What should West Coast do this Saturday?
The best grand final moments of all time
Rohan Connolly Any game of football can turn or be decided on a single moment, a goal, a mark, a smother, a tackle. And when that moment comes in a grand final, it ensures a lasting place in history for the player involved.
Hawks focused on Eagles: Clarkson
Jon Pierik Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson has banished talk his team is chasing history in Saturday's grand final, declaring the Hawks are only concerned with regaining the edge over an opponent they had lost to earlier in September.
Top Hawk would be 'thrilled' for Eagles
Jesse Hogan Hawthorn president Andrew Newbold has more than two decades' experience as a lawyer and is making a great fist of sports administration, but he badly needs a crash course in trash talk.
Hawthorn wins third consecutive flag
Hawthorn seals the 2015 AFL premiership with an easy win over the West Coast Eagles.
The celebrations
Hawthorn victorious by 46 points over West Coast Eagles.
The Game
The bumps, the jumps, and all the action from Hawthorn v Eagles.
The Fun and the Fans
The color and atmosphere from this years AFL grand final.
Eagles march to 'G
West Coast fans flock to Melbourne to see the Eagles march towards the MCG in the Grand Final parade
Who will win the AFL grand final?
Hawks or Eagles? Our footy experts offer their tips and predictions for Saturday's AFL grand final between Hawthorn and West Coast.
Bryan Adams hoping he does 'better than Meat Loaf'
They may not know too much about the game, but there is one notorious moment in AFL grand final day history that Canadian rocker Bryan Adams and singer Ellie Goulding are well aware of.
Greatest Grand Final: The famous '89 game
Brereton's KO, Ablett's nine goals, the Hawks hanging on desperately - was this the best of all time?
'This is why you play football'
Captains Luke Hodge and Shannon Hurn present the AFL premiership cup to their passionate fans at the conclusion of Friday's grand final parade.
Greatest Grand Final ... No.2 - the 2012 epic
Hawthorn were eventually downed by Malceski's snap which sealed a famous win.
Greatest Grand Final: No.3 ... 2006
Cousins & Judd, Hall & Goodes - a chance for West Coast revenge.
'Nothing normal' about grand final week
Players may act as if it's just another week, but there's "nothing normal" about grand final week when you're playing on the big stage on Saturday, according to dual premiership captain Wayne Carey.
Greatest grand finals: No.4 ... the 2010 draw
Magpies v Saints - The Draw - was this the greatest grand final of all time?
Greatest Grand Finals ... the 1970 epic
Alex Jesaulenko's mark, Pies' 44-point half-time lead, Carlton storming home by ten - was this the greatest grand final of all time?
The Age best grand final: No.5, 1970
The Age asked you for your favourite grand final of all time and we are counting down the top five in grand final week.
Fev and the fairy, fancy that
Anyone who's had the pleasure of driving to the MCG to play a match on it will have difficulty driving past it later in life without thinking about what has changed for them, and how the stadium appears now from the passing roadways as a grey and distant fortress.
We're all from Tigerland. Say it!
Stealing and adapting the Charlie Hebdo catchcry, and at risk of being accused of sullying it, who are we all this month? Who are we, who we are not really, but
Soiling a dream
Every young footy lad develops some vision of himself on a podium, where he's either accepting an award for bravery or generally feeling the warmth of people's applause and admiration.
