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The belt vs. the champion

10 seasons with a finals final

The belt doesn't care about brackets. But how often does it end the season in the same hands as the trophy? Here's the team that won each season's last finals game next to the team holding the belt when the season's games ran out.

10Seasons it matched
100%Match rate
0Seasons it didn't
10Current matching streak
SeasonChampionBelt at season's endMatch
2026Brisbane LionsBrisbane LionsSame team
2025Brisbane LionsBrisbane LionsSame team
2024Brisbane LionsBrisbane LionsSame team
2023CollingwoodCollingwoodSame team
2022GeelongGeelongSame team
2021MelbourneMelbourneSame team
2020RichmondRichmondSame team
2019RichmondRichmondSame team
2018West Coast EaglesWest Coast EaglesSame team
2017RichmondRichmondSame team

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