Brisbane V Gold Coast: Afl 2025 Second Semi-final – Live

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As for nan Lions, they’re successful immoderate strife. They sewage perfectly belted by Geelong past week: moreover aft being fixed 3 gift goals by nan umpires, they only mustered 74 points, and a stack of those came successful nan 4th fourth erstwhile nan Cats had put nan cue successful nan rack. After an limb wrestle until halfway done nan 2nd quarter, Brisbane sewage blitzed by three-quarter time. And successful nan process they mislaid their prima Lachie Neale pinch a calf injury. It’ll beryllium reliable going.

That said, they’re nan squad that has been present earlier and will beryllium little consumed by nan emotion of it, wherever you could ideate Gold Coast players being truthful affected by nan adrenaline of past week that they mightiness struggle to refocus for week two. Perhaps. Their coach Damien Hardwick will person worked to squash nan consequence of that, fixed that he astatine slightest is personification who has seen everything September has to offer, arsenic a subordinate and arsenic Richmond coach.

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Are you fresh to QUEENSLAND?! Yes, we ever said that this authorities was nan existent location of Australian rules football, and coming is nan nighttime that proves it. On reflection, it would really beryllium amended if these clubs were connected other sides of nan tie truthful they could extremity up successful nan first all-Queensland expansive final, but we’ll settee for a dual-knockout last to spot who goes into nan prelim last against Collingwood astatine nan MCG.

Brisbane and Gold Coast matches person not, let’s beryllium honest, had overmuch riding connected them for astir of their history fixed that astatine slightest 1 and often some clubs person been down nan incorrect extremity of nan ladder. But now nan Lions are reigning premiers, and nan Suns, aft truthful galore years of being belted astir nan league, are not only playing finals for nan first time, but won their first ever knockout contempt taking nan lead pinch 9 seconds to go.

It was fun. Tonight could beryllium moreover much so. Let’s do it.

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