AFL Grand Final
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- Duncan BaileyABC News (AU)
- Anita WardABC News (AU)
- Aaron BryansABC News (AU)
- Kristy Sexton-McGrathABC News (AU)
- Brendan MounterABC News (AU)
- Nick WrightSydney Morning Herald
- Lucy MurrayABC News (AU)
- Mya KordicABC News (AU)
- and Nicolas PerpitchABC News (AU)
- Ethan WhiteABC News (AU)
- Justin ChadwickSydney Morning Herald
- Tristan LavaletteSydney Morning Herald
- Nethma DandeniyaABC News (AU)
- Sean LawsonABC News (AU)
- Cody AtkinsonABC News (AU)
- Keira ProustABC News (AU)
- Judd BoazABC News (AU)
- Jake NiallSydney Morning Herald
- Cason HoABC News (AU)
- Chris De SilvaABC News (AU)
- Tom WildieABC News (AU)
- Danie SpragueSydney Morning Herald
- Alasdair BellingDaily Mail
- Andrew McGarryABC News (AU)
- Kyle PollardABC News (AU)
- Roy WardSydney Morning Herald
- Maddie NixonABC News (AU)
- Jon PierikSydney Morning Herald
- Michael GleesonSydney Morning Herald
- Dean BiltonABC News (AU)
- Indigo Lemay-ConwaySydney Morning Herald
- Libby BirchSydney Morning Herald
- Mathew StokesSydney Morning Herald
- Andrew WuSydney Morning Herald
- Hannah KennellySydney Morning Herald
- Marc McGowanSydney Morning Herald
- Steve BarrettSydney Morning Herald
- Melissa BrownABC News (AU)
- Ashleigh McMillanSydney Morning Herald
- Pip WallerABC News (AU)
- Peter RyanSydney Morning Herald
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AFL Grand Final. (2026, October 13). The Aporia. https://the-aporia.com/event/22893
“AFL Grand Final.” The Aporia, 13 Oct. 2026, https://the-aporia.com/event/22893.
“AFL Grand Final.” The Aporia, October 13, 2026. https://the-aporia.com/event/22893.
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- 24 Sep
The AFL has granted Fremantle permission to use Wharfie Time in the grand final, but with a twist - it can only be used once and only as a celebration song after a Dockers goal.
- 25 Sep
"We were here in 2023 when they lost to Collingwood, but we all believe that we wouldn't be going for our three-peat if we didn't lose that one," Hayley Hall said.
- 26 Sep
One talking point around the match is the inclusion of Lachie Neale for Brisbane, who was cleared to play on Thursday after having been served a one-match ban for striking Hawthorn's Jack Ginnivan in last week's preliminary final.
Coverage 46 articles
27 Sep Wharfie Time must go the way of the power stance, the Batmobile and Meatloaf
Sydney Morning Herald27 Sep From history to heartbreak: The Fremantle Dockers’ season in pictures
Sydney Morning Herald27 Sep Is ‘Wharfie Time’ dead? Dockers footy boss weighs in after capitulation
Sydney Morning Herald27 Sep How the Lions claimed their moments to overcome a dominant Freo
ABC News (AU)27 Sep 'We're gonna get there': Freo faithful left to wait for their slice of history
ABC News (AU)27 Sep What is Wharfie Time and how did it backfire for heartbroken Dockers?
ABC News (AU)26 Sep AFL grand final wash up LIVE: Brisbane Lions celebrate premiership victory over Fremantle Dockers
Sydney Morning Herald26 Sep Brisbane players celebrate AFL premiership ahead of fan day in Fitzroy
ABC News (AU)26 Sep Fremantle's recovery from inexplicable collapse begins by sitting in grief
ABC News (AU)26 Sep This Lion pulled off the tackle of the grand final, but he barely remembers it
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26 Sep Wharfie Time and Fagan’s heroes chime Freo’s doom in one of the greatest grand finals
Sydney Morning Herald26 Sep The Dockers had one hand on the premiership cup. Then came four minutes that turned the grand final
Sydney Morning Herald26 Sep The Lion who scored a perfect 10 – and the Docker who scored just one: AFL grand final player ratings
Sydney Morning Herald26 Sep ‘Wharfied too close to the sun’: Agony in Fremantle as Dockers fall at the final hurdle
Sydney Morning Herald26 Sep In the greatest and cruellest of grand finals, only the Lions believed
ABC News (AU)26 Sep Surprised Docker wins Norm Smith Medal in losing grand final team
ABC News (AU)26 Sep Quick hits: Lions use 'Wharfie Time' to energise, Treacy misses a sitter
ABC News (AU)26 Sep AFL grand final 2026
Sydney Morning Herald26 Sep Shai Bolton wins 2026 Norm Smith Medal
Sydney Morning Herald26 Sep Roaring Lions make it three in a row in an all-time classic grand final, breaking Docker hearts
Sydney Morning Herald26 Sep The biggest moments of Kylie Minogue's AFL grand final show
ABC News (AU)26 Sep AFL grand final LIVE: Brisbane Lions, Fremantle fans count down to the decider at a wet MCG
Sydney Morning Herald26 Sep Live: Weather woes ahead of AFL grand final as Lions and Dockers chase history
ABC News (AU)
26 Sep AFL Grand Final dealt bleak weather twist as rain looms over MCG showdown
Daily Mail26 Sep AFL Grand Final 2026
Sydney Morning Herald25 Sep Mason Cox chases second premiership after his AFL career was all but over
ABC News (AU)25 Sep How the Dockers went from perpetual underdogs to top of the game
ABC News (AU)25 Sep Lions list changes but machine the same ahead of fourth grand final
ABC News (AU)25 Sep Neale the common thread in Fremantle and Brisbane's eerie shared history
ABC News (AU)25 Sep Fremantle turns purple as Dockers attempt grand final history
ABC News (AU)25 Sep Conversation starters and why Kayo isn't showing the AFL grand final
ABC News (AU)25 Sep Never played AFL, too old? If this is Fagan’s farewell, he’s broken the mould
Sydney Morning Herald25 Sep Dockers fans to marry outside the MCG during AFL grand final
ABC News (AU)25 Sep Standing room only as AFL Grand Final parade kicks off
ABC News (AU)25 Sep For so long an underdog, front-running Freo ready to claim first flag
ABC News (AU)24 Sep Premiership winner Ah Nee Nwe wants to be first Karen AFL player
ABC News (AU)24 Sep How sons of Lions’ royalty forged their own legacies, and can go even further
Sydney Morning Herald24 Sep Your guide to the AFL grand final
Sydney Morning Herald24 Sep How heartfelt words and some metal ignited Freo’s rise
Sydney Morning Herald23 Sep Fremantle and Brisbane AFL fans find 'homes away from home' in Melbourne
ABC News (AU)22 Sep 'They bleed purple': Footy fever grips Fremantle ahead of final
ABC News (AU)22 Sep ‘I owe them’: The heartbreaking setbacks fuelling Lions’ comeback warriors
Sydney Morning Herald21 Sep Footy fans filthy as airfares soar ahead of grand final
ABC News (AU)21 Sep Even as it navigates change, grand final thriller shows SANFL is still strong
ABC News (AU)21 Sep Fremantle legend in tears as he's bestowed cup honour
ABC News (AU)20 Sep Meet the teens training to play for the Tasmania Devils
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