HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - Caught on Camera

'Not the Lachie Neale team': Lions star speaks on ban

Brisbane star Lachie Neale is taking his last shot at overturning his one-game suspension so he can play in a fourth straight AFL grand final for the Lions.

AAP · Sep 23

Switkowski's Freo farewell reaches the grandest stage

Sam Switkowski is a chance to get the fairytale farewell when the Fremantle forward lines up in Saturday's AFL grand final against Brisbane at the MCG.

AAP · Sep 23

Immortality awaits a Fremantle side who have banished the ghosts of the club’s past

The Dockers’ 32 years in the AFL have not been easy, but Justin Longmuir’s dynamic and attacking football is the key to that elusive flag

The Guardian - AU · Sep 23

From the Pocket: Justin Longmuir is an awkward outlier among AFL’s combative coaches

The Fremantle coach and his ‘process’ have lifted the Dockers into their second grand final. Now they must take down one of the greatest teams of all time

The Guardian - AU · Sep 23

'Don't want to see that': AFLW concern for winless trio

Three AFLW clubs - Essendon, Collingwood and St Kilda - are winless halfway through the season and the league is concerned.

AAP · Sep 23

‘That’s about a hundred-grand kick for me’: glow of Lions dynasty reaches far in Fitzroy

A late goal made the Royal Derby’s register sing, but the pub’s owner still finds himself ‘praying to the footy gods’ for Brisbane and his bottom line

The Guardian - AU · Sep 23

AFL umpire felt 'threatened, intimidated' by Hawks duo

AFL umpire Hayden Meyer says he felt threatened and intimidated when a pair of Hawthorn stars confronted him after a thrilling preliminary final at the MCG.

AAP · Sep 23

The tortured history powering Freo's premiership push

Fremantle are one of few clubs left without an AFL premiership, having weathered 32 years of painful memories and growing pains en route to this grand final.

AAP · Sep 23

'Very hopeful': Neale faces media as Lions appeal ban

Brisbane star Lachie Neale has addressed media at Melbourne Airport as the Lions attempt to appeal his ban for the AFL grand final.

AAP · Sep 22

'Firecrackers' behind Lions' insatiable title hunt

For all the silverware collected by the Brisbane Lions, there remains a handful of luckless players without a flag not forgotten by their premiership teammates.

AAP · Sep 22