Updates from the decider at Ikon ParkStart time in Melbourne is 7.45pm AEDTAny thoughts? Email Martin or get in touch on Bluesky
The sun is shining and Lime Cordiale are warming up the crowd with their light indie classics. Lead singer Louis Stanley Leimbach is wearing his heart on his sleeve with a familiar royal blue and white number.
Brisbane are into an incredible sixth grand final out of the eight deciders that have been held since the AFLW was launched in 2017. A win over North Melbourne this evening at Ikon Park would take the AFLW powerhouse level with Adelaide for the most premierships in the league with three flags.
There is strength in the Lions’ collective. Under the AFLW’s tiered salary system, players fall into one of four tiers each with fixed salaries, but across a club’s entire list only two possible combinations will add up to next season’s $1.175m cap number: one with more players at the top and bottom, and the other with more players in the middle tiers. “We say one’s capitalist and one’s communist,” Brock says. “We’re communists, but we’re the only club who’s gone that way.”
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