Brisbane will roll the dice with a two-time Brownlow Medallist with the Lions reportedly confirming Lachie Neale will play this Saturday’s AFL decider, just three weeks on from his calf injury.

Neale’s season was seemingly over after his club put a line through him after injuring his calf in their qualifying final loss to Geelong on September 5.

But as the Lions kept their season alive, Neale’s odds of making an improbable comeback were increasing week by week, with Caroline Wilson confirming on Seven’s The Agenda Setters that Neale will play.

Fellow panellist and Seven analyst Kane Cornes called it the biggest grand final selection risk he thinks he’s ever seen.

“They ruled him out for the year, and I just gave him no chance. I’m not sure what has changed,” he said.

Former teammate L

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