Brisbane complete three-peat with stunning late surge over Fremantle
Lions overturn a 17-point deficit in the final minutes to beat Fremantle 14.12 (96) to 12.17 (89) and claim a third straight AFL premiership at the MCG.
The Brisbane Lions have won a third consecutive AFL premiership, coming from behind in dramatic fashion to beat Fremantle 14.12 (96) to 12.17 (89) at the MCG, according to Guardian Sport.
The margin flatters neither side given how the contest unfolded. Fremantle held a 17-point lead deep into the final term before the Dockers activated what the report describes as their Wharfie Time strategy, a move that appeared to backfire almost immediately.
Brisbane responded with a four-goal burst in the last four minutes of the match, swinging the contest entirely in the visitors' favour when it mattered most.
Logan Morris supplied the decisive scores, kicking the final two goals of the game as Brisbane finished, in the words of Guardian Sport, like a freight train.
The comeback is only the second instance since 1981 of a team winning an AFL grand final after trailing at three-quarter-time, following Geelong's win over St Kilda in 2009.
The occasion began with Kylie Minogue performing pre-match entertainment at the MCG, including a rendition of The Loco-Motion, before an afternoon that turned into what Guardian Sport called a barely believable grand final.
Brisbane's triumph extends their run of premierships to three in a row, cementing the club among the competition's dominant forces of the era.
Fremantle, by contrast, will have to process a result that had appeared won until the closing minutes, with their lead evaporating in a passage of play that will be scrutinised in the aftermath of the defeat.