Brisbane Lions vs Gold Coast Suns: Reigning premiers Brisbane are still standing and Collingwood Magpies will find it hard to beat them in their AFL preliminary final

Omar Little, the notorious stick-up man from HBO classic The Wire , once warned his rivals “If you come at the king, you best not miss.”

Gold Coast came for Brisbane and paid the ultimate price for not finishing off the kings of the jungle.

The injury-hit Lions may not be in full health, but their game remains formidable enough to worry Collingwood coach Craig McRae heading into another blockbuster MCG final between two of the competition’s powerhouses.

Lions and Suns players grapple, with Zac Bailey in the middle of the action. Credit: AFL Photos

McRae and his coaching staff saw the Lions at their best in their 53-point drubbing of the Suns. Chris Fagan’s men have given McRae and his team plenty of material to work with when they conduct their opposition analysis this week.

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