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Live AFL Grand Final 2024, Sydney Swans vs Brisbane Lions

.It'll be atonement for one, more utter heartbreak for the various other as Sydney deals with Brisbane in the 2024 AFL Grand Final.For the very first time in just about three decades, the premiership decider matches the last 2 AFL runners-up versus one another, determined to make amends for past mistakes.And in the first Grand Final without a Victorian nightclub for 18 years, an individual will eventually break through for the banner that's been a long period of time coming.Watch the very best buildup to the 2024 AFL Grand Final, along with specialist study as well as total Grand Final time insurance coverage, on Fox Footy using Kayo. Plus stream the Grand Final on-demand from tonight onwards. New to Kayo? Begin your free of charge test today &gt Grand FinalIMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE BUYING INSTEAD. Free of cost and also confidential help telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.GRAND FINAL OVERVIEW: Everything you need to have to find out about Sydney vs BrisbaneENTERTAINMENT GUIDE: When Katy Perry will perform and also dramatization behind tune choicesULTIMATE video game SNEAK PEEK: Each group's staminas, weak points as well as key playersLONGEST KICK: Why well-known pre-Grand Final practice won't proceed in 2024CRYSTAL ROUND: Experts lean the premier, scope, Norm Smith as well as very first goalkickerWHEN carries out THE HUGE FINAL BEGIN? And what occurs if it is actually a draw?GRAND FINAL SPRINT: Pair of injury-prone celebrities get in race to discover AFL's fastest manAt the Swans (finished 1st, won QF vs GWS, succeeded PF vs Port Adelaide), it has to do with turning a slight premiership into a flag, as the final 3 staffs to end up in addition to the step ladder did.But it's additionally regarding staying clear of an expanding Grand Final hoodoo. John Longmire became a premiership train in his 2nd period of 2012, but has actually lost all 3 Grand Finals due to the fact that two of them seeing his Swans be actually entirely uncompetitive.The ghosts of 2022's capitulation against Geelong will certainly be fresh in the mind, along with over one-half of Sydney's 2024 Grand Final side having fun during that reduction. They can not enable themselves to be haunted.For the Lions (ended up 5th, gained EF vs Carlton, succeeded SF vs GWS, succeeded PF vs Geelong), it is actually an one-of-a-kind tale of living up to desires - yet performing it the challenging way.Chris Fagan's Brisbane has actually been the leading crew of this particular decade yet carries out not possess the premiership to show it. In spite of gaining so many home and also away activities, this is actually merely their 2nd Grand Final appeal within this age of success.The completely slim 2023 loss to Collingwood was certainly not the explanation for 2024's slow-moving beginning - a rash of ACL tears deserves additional debt - yet it failed to precisely assist, either. Still Fagan pioneered a second-half surge (and was actually called Train of the Year for it), recovering what looked like a shed project.' The whole squad must receive medals'|00:34 Going undersold amid the Lions' run to a second successive Grand Final is the truth they're trying to come to be the junior varsity this century to gain the flag coming from outside the top four.The final, 2016's Western side Bulldogs, likewise completed their fairytale managed by trumping a Sydney side that completed on top of the ladder.This is actually the very first time these clubs have actually satisfied in an AFL Grand Final, though in previous roles, they met in the 1899 VFL Grand Final - when Fitzroy trumped South Melbourne by a point.Sydney is seeking its 6th V/AFL premiership, and also 3rd since transferring to New South Wales, participating in the 2005 as well as 2012 triumphs.Brisbane is finding its own fourth V/AFL premiership because the merger of the Bears and Fitzroy, adding to their 2001, 2002 and 2003 crowns.The 2024 AFL Grand Final gets underway at 2:30 pm AEST coming from the MCG.GRAND FINAL TEAMSSydney SwansB: D.Rampe - C, T.McCartin, N.BlakeyHB: J.Lloyd, H.Cunningham, L.MelicanC: J.Jordan, Ch.Warner, O.FlorentHF: L.Parker, L.McDonald, E.GuldenF: T.Papley, J.Amartey, W.HaywardFOLL: B.Grundy, I.Heeney, J.RowbottomI/ C: M.Roberts, B.Campbell, J.McInerney, H.McLean, R.FoxEMG: A.Francis, P.Ladhams, C.ClearyNo changesCoach: John LongmireBrisbane LionsB: D.Zorko, H.Andrews, C.McKennaHB: D.Wilmot, J.Payne, R.LesterC: J.Fletcher, W.Ashcroft, H.McCluggageHF: C.Rayner, J.Daniher, J.BerryF: C.Cameron, E.Hipwood, Z.BaileyFOLL: D. Fortress, J.Dunkley, L.Neale - CI/C: K.Lohmann, C.Ah Chee, L.Morris, B.Starcevich, N.AnswerthEMG: H.Sharp, H.Smith, D.JoyceIN: D.Fort - OUT: O.McInerney (shoulder) Train: Chris FaganFollow Sydney vs Brisbane in the 2024 AFL Grand Final in our live weblog below!