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The 2017 winner richmond completed the greatest 12month turnaround in afl history. It would not be until 2009 that another team would win the grand final from a threequarter time deficit. The match, attended by 42,100 spectators, was won by richmond by a margin of 5 points, marking that clubs fifth premiership victory. A look back at collingwoods past finals history plus full roundbyround sea. Houli was once again among richmonds best in the grand final, as he was in 2017, finishing second to dustin martin in the voting for the norm smith medal for best afield.
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