AFL grand final: Western Bulldogs' moments of magic that decided the 2016 premiership

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Grand finals are made of moments, each of which is pored over for months and years in the search for the whys of the day. At the time the Dogs looked to be pulling away, and though they did not (not at that point, anyway) they had laid down a marker to the Swans and proved they were not going to be scared into their shells. The Sydney Swans - once the South Melbourne Football Club - will take on the Western Bulldogs - formerly Footscray - in the game which will decide the 2016 AFL Premiership. Wood stood up time and again during the game, but the skipper made his biggest mark earliest and the Bulldogs never looked back. If the grand final was purely a numbers game, Sydney would have the Western Bulldogs' measure. Lance Franklin has kicked 80 goals this season at 60.2% and finished second for most goals kicked in 2016 behind West Coast's Joshua Kennedy (82 goals). No team wins all of them on grand final day, but usually the team that wins the most will go home with the cup.
In Australian Rules football, the Western Bulldogs defeat the Sydney Swans to win their first premiership since 1954.