The 2002 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 2002. It was the 106th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 2002 AFL season. The match, attended by 91,817 spectators, was won by Brisbane by a margin of 9 points, marking that club's second premiership victory.
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