THE 1989 Grand Final remains one of the greatest in living memory yet for two of the main protagonists ... Read more from Gary Ablett and Michael Tuck in this week's AFL Record, available at all ...

Today (the AFL) would have taken him out to the wing ... Dermott Brereton is crunched by Mark Yeates at the opening bounce. 1989 Grand Final. Hawthorn v Geelong. MCG. Screen grab.

Saturday's AFL grand final between the Lions and Sydney Swans ... joining Maurice Rioli (1982), Gary Ablett Sr (1989) and Nathan Buckley (2002). 2006: Eagles emerge victors as sequel against ...

The news comes with players back in pre-season training after the Swans were smashed by the Brisbane Lions in the AFL grand final. It was a fourth grand final loss for Longmire as coach ...