No AFL premiership is more or less worthy than another, but Brisbane's second grand final triumph in a row last Saturday, like its first, surely must rank as one of the more impressive flag wins of the AFL era.

In 2024, the Lions got there after winning just two of their first seven games and losing a host of key players injured in the process, finishing fifth on the ladder, and then having to win their last three finals on the road.

This time they at least had the benefit of a double chance after finishing third, but still had to win the last two finals away from home, and in the last of them reverse what had been a pretty comprehensive qualifying final defeat against the same opponent.

Since the current final eight system came into play in 2000, there's been six occasions in which a q

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