Leapin' Leo, You Bloody Champ!

Sydney has ended the longest premiership drought in AFL history in the most emotional and heart-stopping fashion imaginable by beating the West Coast Eagles by four points in the most exciting and closest grand final for nearly 40 years.

Incredibly the outcome of the entire season came down to the last second of the game when the Eagles, trailing by four points, had one last chance to win the grand final when ruckman Dean Cox pumped the ball forward to within 30 metres of goal as a huge pack flew for the mark.

A crowd of just under 92,000 fans held their breath and it was Sydney's courageous defender Leo Barry who assured himself a place in AFL folklore for ever by taking a magnificent mark to ensure the Swans hung on to win their first premiership since 1933.