The Brisbane Lions turned the decider into a rout through a second-quarter blitz, condemning the Swans to a fourth grand final defeat in 11 years, despite their minor premiership.
The Brisbane Lions have franked a six-year period of contention, atoned for a string of near-misses and embarrassed an utterly inept Sydney to win the first grand final between the beacons of the AFL’s northern expansion.
The first was that he was too old to coach a premiership and the second – ventilated among some media critics – was that Fagan would founder on the rocks of inadequate tactical acumen.It mocked, too, the primitive idea that coaches must have played at AFL level, as Fagan did not. It was also arguably a riposte of sorts to the turbulence that the Lions mentor had endured since the Hawthorn racism investigation was launched two years ago.
In the hours before the grand final, the Lions might have been distracted by the news that maverick key forward Joe Daniher might retire after the game. And in reality, the Lions were saying that this was possible but that Daniher, true to his laconic form, had not divulged to the club whether this would happen.
From half-time, the game turned into a carnival of celebration for Lion fans – from Brisbane town or old Fitzroy alike – as the margin blew out to 73 by three-quarter-time. Three goals to veteran warrior Luke Parker ensured the margin remained below 2022’s thrashing , in what might well be Parker’s final game in red and white as he considers a move to North Melbourne.Neale was stiff to miss the Norm Smith Medal.
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