FT - Collingwood 11.5 (71) Brisbane 15.10 (100)
It’s all over for the ageing Pies but the surging Brisbane will now get the chance to go back-to-back when they meet Geelong next Saturday at the MCG.
It’s heartache for Jarrod Berry with his shoulder injury and an uncertain outlook, and Lachie Neale could yet miss the decider with his calf rehab.
Let’s not forget Eric Hipwood, Noah Answerth, Kiddy Coleman, Tom Doedee, Lincoln McCarthy and Jack Payne are all sidelined too.
But what a moment with a couple of minutes to go.
Dayne Zorko, the former skipper, headed to the bench and immediately hugged Chris Fagan - both full of smiles.
Just a couple of hours ago Fagan had yanked Zorko for having a hand in Collingwood’s first four goals of the game!
“They have a great relationship, those two,” Kane Cornes says.
Hamish McLachlan remembers last year’s grand final when Fagan brought Zorko up onto the dais alongside current captain Harris Andrews.
‘You’ve helped me build this club’ was the message.
From missing the finals in Fagan’s first two years to seven straight finals series, including three straight grand finals. Incredible.