At the end of an AFL season when the medals are awarded and a premiership flag is flying, it's easy to forget all the little moments that made up one grand, unpredictable year.

We've already covered some of our most memorable moments from earlier in the year, and now with the finals series concluded, we've taken a look back at the top 10 highlights in 2021.

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1. Gawn delivers a historic minor premiershipย 

Round 23 continued to deliver, with the minor premiership still undecided going into the final weekend of the home and away season.

Melbourne, arguably the best team all season, just had to win and the illustrious minor premiers title that had eluded them since 1964 was theirs. Geelong seemed determined to keep the unfortunate streak in place, storming to a 44-point lead midway through the third quarter, but a six-goal to none last quarter was how Melbourne wanted to warm up for finals.

With 17-seconds left and two-points the difference, who else but captain Max Gawn to take a mark and kick truly after the siren to produce the moment of the season.

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