The fateful eight: Form guide for the AFL finals. Victoria Police is currently searching for the GWS Giants after they went missing from the MCG on Saturday afternoon. Peter Ryan is a sports reporter with The Age covering AFL, horse racing and other sports. (AAP Image/David Crosling), Get your 14 day free trial and start streaming instantly >, Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out.

Deserve 2 flags. The hopes of the eight-year-old team were dashed as the Tigers ran rampant after a tight first quarter after which it was just seven points the difference at 2.3 (15) to 1.2 (8). A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. Michael Christian will have a busy match review, with several significant incidents during the match. A remarkable, surprising and unpredictable 2019 AFL season has come to a close with Round 23 deciding the make-up of the final eight. Umpire Shaun Ryan was heard in the match audio telling the Giants he would pay free kicks against them if they kept targeting Charlie Cameron's bandaged elbow. They were last seen trying to make a #bigbigsound but were instead quaking in their boots. Sunday 18 October . However he is expected to be available to confront Richmond this time around. The GWS Giants are into a preliminary final at the MCG against Collingwood next week as they break Brisbane Lions hearts right at the death! The loser of the First Qualifying Final (Collingwood def Geelong Cats) hosts the winner of the First Elimination Final (West Coast Eagles def Essendon) in the First Semi Final.

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Unsurprisingly, they’re on the seventh line of betting.- Ronny Lerner. They finished sixth with a 13–9 win-loss record. He’s the heart and soul of the club and we lost him early in the year, then we lost Cogs (Stephen Coniglio) as well, and then Brett (Deledio). 5 minutes to go and it's getting to desperation stakes for the Lions here. WEST COASTThe injury list: The Eagles head into their fifth consecutive finals campaign with a relatively clean bill of health.

Watch out for: Jordan De Goey showed his class throughout last year and is built for the big stage.

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BRISBANE LIONSThe injury list: The Lions have been blessed with an incredibly short injury list all year. Greater Western Sydney’s score of 3.7.25 was the lowest in a Grand Final since Collingwood’s score of 2.2.14 in 1960 against Melbourne. Grand Final Trivia:Who scored 3 goals ii not the 2019 #AFLGF ?Answer: GWS, For sale: GWS scarf. [16] They had also met once in a final before in a 2017 preliminary final at the MCG, which Richmond had won by 36 en route to the flag. GWS small forward Brent Daniels kicked an outstanding running goal with less than three minutes to put his team in front - the 10th lead change of the match. Richmond sealed the premiership with an equally uncompromising third quarter.

Late in the second quarter, Lions star Lachie Neale emerged from a scuffle holding an eye. Pickett was announced to be taking his spot; having previously been picked up from South Fremantle in the WAFL during the midseason draft following the retirement of 2017 Premiership player Shaun Grigg, he had won the Norm Goss Medal in Richmond's VFL Grand Final victory over Williamstown. From 2019, fans will no longer be able to subscribe to AFL Live Pass through the AFL website. ESSENDONThe injury list: After being smacked around by the injury stick for much of the second half of the season, the Bombers look set to welcome back a host of big guns for their do-or-die clash against West Coast with Jake Stringer, Dyson Heppell, Cale Hooker and Orazio Fantasia all fit and available. They're going to be a special team for the next few years. But it would be foolhardy to write off a champion and you get the sense that he is set for a big one against the Bombers in particular, especially considering he played one of his best games of the year against them in round 14.

While the Lions went out in straight sets, they lost no friends with their performance against GWS. I'm speechless. First Preliminary Final: Collingwood vs GWS Giants, MCG, Saturday 4:35pm EST. His last three games have been brilliant and he is back to his dominant best. In an even season they are primed to win it.- Peter Ryan. Both teams met twice during the home-and-away season; they first met in Round 3 at Giants Stadium when the Giants thrashed Richmond by 49 points,[15] and then again in Round 17 at the MCG when the Tigers won by 27 points. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Martin has come off the ground briefly and he is absolutely exhausted after his mountain of work tonight. So much rides on events at the Gabba next Saturday night. Replay the 2019 Toyota AFL Grand Final in full on KAYO SPORTS.

GWS leading courtesy of a Josh Kelly goal against the run of play but it is all Brisbane here.

Subscribe through the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store for $4.99 per week, $16.99 per month or $99.99 for an annual pass. "We've been up and down but maybe we're timing our run perfectly.". However Geelong, Richmond and West Coast will all be confident they are capable of beating the Magpies, as they enter the finals with much more experience and steeliness this season.- Peter Ryan. But social media was quick to kick off with the jokes quickly out in force.