Brisbaneโ Lions Advance to AFL Grand Finalโค After Defeating โCollingwood
The Brisbane Lions have securedโฃ their placeโ in the 2025โ AFL Grand Final, defeating collingwood in theโ first โPreliminary Final.โ The Lions’ victory sets upโค aโ highly anticipatedโ decider next Saturday, with a potential boost to their lineup as dual Brownlow โmedallist Lachie Neale eyes a miraculous return from a calf injury.
Collingwood fought hard,with a โฃplayerโ demonstratingโ significant competitiveness throughout the match,recording threeโ goals andโค four marks. โฃHowever, it wasn’t โenough to overcome a steadfast Brisbane side. The Lions entered theโข preliminary final with an unchangedโค lineup, but the prospect of Neale’s inclusion has injected further excitement into their grand final preparations.
Ahead ofโ the Grand Final, Brisbaneโฃ football boss Dannyโฃ Daly indicated Neale had a “big chance” toโ play if the Lionsโ wereโ successful against Collingwood.”He is ticking all โฃthe boxes plusโ more, to beโ honest. โWe haveโ to โคwin but if weโค do, he’s a big chance. So far, so good for him,” Daly told Fox Footy reporter Jonโค Ralph.
Following โthe win, Neale himself โคexpressed confidence in his โขrecovery, โstating he believed he’d โคbe cleared to play. “It was one of the hardestโ sessions I have ever done andโ got through it fine,” he saeid in a โpost-match interview with โขRalph. “I think I should confer โคwith the โขdoctor, but I thinkโ I โhave been given the all clear.”
Neale’s potential return presentsโ a selection challenge for the Lionsโค as they prepare to face their Grand Final opponent.
