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The two best teams of the 2020s battle it out for their second premiership of the decade, as Geelong faces Brisbane in the 2025 AFL Grand Final.<\/p>\n

The Cats will be trying to win their 11th V\/AFL premiership, and their third under coach Chris Scott, after triumphs in 2011 and 2022.<\/p>\n

The Lions will be trying to win their 13th V\/AFL premiership (8 as Fitzroy, 4 as Brisbane), and second under coach Chris Fagan, after triumphing in 2024.<\/p>\n

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Brisbane can become the first team to go back-to-back as AFL premiers since Richmond (2019 and 2020).<\/p>\n

The Lions and Cats are the two winningest teams of the 2020s, and the winner will become the first team to win two premierships in the twenties, staking a clear claim as the best club of the decade thus far.<\/p>\n

This is the first time the Grand Final has seen a rematch of a qualifying final since 2018, when West Coast beat Collingwood twice in one finals series.<\/p>\n

However in the four Grand Finals involving a rematch previous to that, the qualifying final loser won the Grand Final \u2013 including 2003 (Brisbane def Collingwood) plus 2005, 2006 and 2015.<\/p>\n

Captains Patrick Dangerfield of the Cats and Lachie Neale of the Lions hold the premiership cup. Picture: Michael KleinSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n

This is the 47th time in V\/AFL history two Grand Finalists have played four games against each other in one season (excluding drawn Grand Finals). It hadn\u2019t happened since 2005, when Sydney and West Coast met four times; the Eagles winning both games in Perth, the Swans winning in Sydney and in the Grand Final.<\/p>\n

The match gets underway at 2:30pm AEST from the MCG.<\/p>\n

The pre-game entertainment featuring Snoop Dogg will start at 1.30pm (AEST).<\/p>\n

Watch the best Grand Final day coverage on Fox Footy with all the build-up, as well as exclusive Fox Footy commentary on the game from 6pm AEST.<\/p>\n

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Superstar dual Brownlow Medallist Lachie Neale looms as Brisbane\u2019s likely sub for Saturday\u2019s Grand Final against Geelong.<\/p>\n

Neale on Thursday night was named in the Lions\u2019 line-up to take on the Cats in the 2025 AFL Grand Final, replacing the injured Jarrod Berry (shoulder).<\/p>\n

The Lions co-captain on Friday lifted the premiership cup with Geelong skipper Patrick Dangerfield in front of thousands of fans at Yarra Park after the traditional AFL Grand Final parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neale on Friday said he\u2019d pulled up well from several strong training sessions across the previous week, but added he didn\u2019t know whether he\u2019d be named the sub.<\/p>\n

But 7News Melbourne reporter Mitch Cleary said Neale was likely to start the Grand Final as Brisbane\u2019s 23rd man.<\/p>\n

\u201cExpectation growing Lachie Neale to be named as Brisbane\u2019s starting sub tomorrow with Bruce Reville in the 22,\u201d Cleary wrote on X on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Neale RARING to go for Grand Final | 02:27<\/p>\n

Neale hasn\u2019t started as a sub since Round 1, 2014 when he played for Fremantle against Collingwood. He was the Dockers\u2019 sub in their 2013 Grand Final loss to Hawthorn.<\/p>\n

Triple premiership Lion Jonathan Brown said he \u201cwouldn\u2019t be surprised\u201d if Neale was Brisbane\u2019s sub.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Brisbane would\u2019ve taken note of what GWS did three weeks ago with Josh Kelly \u2026 he pretty much dragged back them back into the game against Hawthorn,\u201d Brown told Fox Footy on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll decide after the captain\u2019s run \u2026 but they\u2019ll have to roll the dice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lions coach Chris Fagan wouldn\u2019t be drawn into a definitive answer on the Neale-sub prospect.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to talk about the line-ups. They come out an hour before the game and we\u2019ll leave it until then,\u201d Fagan told reporters.<\/p>\n

Neale\u2019s Brisbane teammate Josh Dunkley is set to play on Dangerfield at times during Saturday\u2019s decider.<\/p>\n

Triple All-Australian Nick Dal Santo said Dangerfield was a \u201chuge threat\u201d, but Dunkley would be an appropriate match-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he (Dangerfield) plays in the midfield, I think Josh Dunkley is the only player that could probably go step for step with him \u2013 and it\u2019s still a huge challenge,\u201d Dal Santo told Fox Sports News\u2019 AFL Tonight. \u201cIf he goes forward, clearly he\u2019ll have to hand him over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox Sports News reporter Drew Jones suggested Dangerfield, who produced one of the great individual finals performances in Geelong\u2019s preliminary final win over Hawthorn, had \u201cshown himself to be the AFL\u2019s LeBron\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter what, LeBron will take his team as far as he can go \u2013 regardless of how his teammates are playing \u2013 and then when his team is good and he locks in, he takes them all the way,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI think that\u2019s the sort of performance we saw from Dangerfield.\u201d<\/p>\n

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