The AFL’s official slogan for this grand final is:“2 stories. 1 ending.” Try selling that to players who didn’t get the ending they wanted.
This former AFL coach knows how to beat the Brisbane Lions. He talks us through the key battles.
Coach Chris Fagan had his players pen their memories after last year’s losing grand final,hoping to revisit them if they again reached football’s grandest stage.
Joe Daniher is a brilliant footballer who thrills crowds in big games and then retreats to a quiet life as a father-of-two in a sleepy beachside hamlet.
Where do you go to be with your people if you can’t make it down to Melbourne?
They are the fearless five:the emerging Brisbane brigade using a Ted Lasso philosophy to inspire a grand final boilover,and forge a Lions’ dynasty.
Our tipsters give their expert predictions for the grand final and explain their picks. There are no surprises at the selection table with Brisbane back-up ruckman Darcy Fort coming in for Oscar McInerney.
It was not until he received a call out of the blue in 2019 that former Fitzroy captain Richard Osborne regained a sense of football belonging.
Callum Mills’ injury was self-inflicted,due to the amount of pre-season training he missed. It might,heartbreakingly,cost him a premiership.
Sydney won’t be shocked when the Swans win the AFL grand final. We’re just better at Aussie rules than anyone,especially Victorians.
With contestants from Queensland and NSW,and the traditional AFL states all watching,this could be the most-watched grand final ever.