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With minutes to go, Fremantle looked to have secured their first-ever AFL premiership. But the Lions’ killer instinct kicked in and led them to victory.
But who was instrumental to victory, who failed to put their best foot forward? AFLW premiership player Libby Birch has rated every Brisbane Lions player, while former Geelong star Mathew Stokes ran his eye over every Docker.
We’ve also rated both AFL coaches. Both Lions’ Chris Fagan and Fremantle’s Justin Longmuir got good report cards from our pundits, but one edged just ahead of the other.
You can read our full report here.
Not shying away from the tribunal controversy that marred his run-up to the grand final, Lachie Neale posted a tongue-in-cheek retort to Jack Ginnivan following Brisbane’s come-from-behind win.
Neale was initially suspended for one game after punching Ginnivan in the stomach while behind play in last week’s semi-final. But the AFL Appeals Board eventually overturned the suspension that would have kept Neale out of the grand final, citing his clean record across 321 games.
Neale shared a photo on Saturday of him holding all three Lions premiership cups aloft, captioned: “What now…”
After Ginnivan replied to his post with an emoji, Neale responded: “hope your tummy okay my guy x”.
Good morning and welcome to today’s post-AFL grand final live blog.
I’m Ashleigh McMillan, and I’ll be keeping you updated this morning.
Yesterday, the Brisbane Lions came from behind in the game’s dying minutes to topple Fremantle 14.12 (96) to 12.17 (89), before a crowd of 100,023 at the MCG.
Today, we’ll be taking you inside the celebrations from Brunswick Oval in Fitzroy, and our AFL experts will be here for all the best post-game analysis.
Follow along for more.
