The Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans will clash in the 2024 AFL Grand Final at the MCG, marking the first non-Victorian grand final since 2006. Both teams enter the game with strong form, having topped their respective conferences. This encounter promises to be a thrilling showdown between two powerhouse clubs.
The MCG will have its first non-Victorian grand final since 2006 when the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans take to the field next Saturday. The Lions continued their magical finals run withIsaac Heeney’s Sydney Swans will play Lachie Neale’s Brisbane Lions for the 2024 AFL premiership.
For Swans coach John Longmire, there is much riding on this game. Yes, he guided the Swans to the 2012 flag, but his teams have fallen short in the grand finals of 2014, 2016 and 2022. Now comes a fifth chance for Longmire in his 14th season as coach.“He is a great mentor. He is a people first sort of coach. I definitely gravitated towards that, and those values in him, he’s a fantastic coach,” ruckman Brodie Grundy said.
For Lions coach Chris Fagan, the league’s oldest coach, he again has the opportunity to become only the second man to lead the Brisbane-based Lions to a premiership. Having overcome their choker tag of seasons past, the Lions fell just short in last year’s grand final. Now comes the chance to make amends.The Swans have two major focuses. Skipper Callum Mills strained a left hamstring on September 10, but trained well on Friday. However, Mills remains in a major fight to be fit.
The Brisbane Lions almost certainly will need to find a replacement for ruckman Oscar McInerney, who dislocated his shoulder and was taken to hospital.
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