What happens if there is a draw in the AFL finals?

Question

I thought about this after the close grand final yesterday. Also has this ever happened before?

Answer 1

sudden death overtime (which is what overtime is anyways)

err till some1 dies

Answer 2

they play the entire match the following week which would be dissapoitnting to the players

Answer 3

overtime

Answer 4

no over time.... they play again one week later

Answer 5

ONLY in the Grand Final they play the following week (a proper full game), this applies to all leagues of football.

Answer 6

In the case of a Grand Final draw it is replayed the next week.  

One think I would like to know is, do they give out the Norm Smith at the drawn game, or the replay?  Or do they give out two Norm Smith Medals? One for each grand final that is played?

Answer 7

In all finals except the Grand Final, a drawn match will go to extra time - two five-minute halves.  This rule was only brought in recently in the last ten years or so.  Before that the match was replayed.

If a Grand Final is drawn (as it was in 1948 between Essendon and Melbourne and in 1977 between North Melbourne and Collingwood) then it is replayed the following week.

Answer 8

In the all the finals they play two halves of extra time (5 min each way) but if the grandfinal is a draw then they relpay the entire match the following week. This has only happened  a few times in the past 100yrs, the last time been in the last 70's with nrth Melbourne and Collingwood

Answer 9

Ask any AFL commentators and official and they will tell you this :

if a Final other than a grandfinal is drawn then overtime will be played but if a GRAND FINAL is a draw then everybody have to come back to the MCG and replay the ENTIRE game AGAIN.

Answer 10

If it was a draw it would go into extra-time the last time it happened was i think the 1977 GF or around that time it was played the following week then Nth Melb d Collingwood but that's now changed i think they play extra-time until there is a winner