The Roar Deal

These are the days you live for as a footy fan.
3 points down with less than a minute left in a prelim, in front of more than 95, 000 people in the MCG - it’s the stuff of fan fiction, of kids playing in the backyard and making up the most epic scenarios they can imagine.
And what better man to step up to the plate than Hugh McCluggage.
The first one drafted under Chris Fagan, the first top pick who stayed, the quietly spoken boy who’s become a man at the club, the one who’s career has gone from strength to strength…
Until this year, where the curveballs have hit, the form has dropped, and things have been tough most of the way through.
All of that is ancient history now, though, with two late Hugh goals sending the Lions into their fourth straight Grand Final, equalling the extraordinary run of Leigh Matthew’s Lions and providing the most remarkable opportunity: the threepeat is only one more win away.
This week on the podcast:
-The blow-by-blow account of a prelim we’ll never forget
-Who could come in for Lachie Neale?
-Our Grand Final week plans
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Another Tuesday, another bombshell!

Never doubt the Brisbane bounce back!
Yet again, a shocking defeat has been followed by a stunning victory, as the Lions rediscover their ‘on’ mode once more to end Adelaide’s season.
More importantly, Saturday night’s win has remarkably put us through to our fifth straight prelim, making it six of the last seven years that Brisbane have made it at least as far as the final four.
It’s a remarkable achievement, but it won’t be enough for this Lions group, with the legacy-defining shot at a threepeat now only two wins away.
Saturday twilight prelims at the MCG have been a happy hunting ground over the last two seasons.
The two clubs who have played the most prelim finals there since 2000 are Geelong and Collingwood. We’ve already taken care of them, and now we get a crack at the third side on the list, as we prepare to play what is remarkably our first ever final against the Hawks since the merger.
This week on the show:
-Our perspectives on the 5-goal blitz  
-Chris Fagan’s an emotional management genius
-How do we tame the Wizard again?  
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The emergency podcast we've waited all year for is here!

Our Lions certainly don’t like doing things the easy way!
We also apparently don’t like travelling to New South Wales, with Saturday’s Qualifying Final loss at the SCG making it three losses in the Harbour City this year, coming in at an average losing margin of 58 points.
The good news is that we don’t have to go back to Sydney this year.
The bad news is that it’s sudden death from this point onwards.
The even worse news is that we might get knocked out by the worst club in the comp - the stain on the AFL that is the Adelaide Crows.
This week on the podcast:
-Has a path opened for Linc’s premiership fairytale to come true?
-Ty Gallop vs Darcy Gardiner - Take #2
-Dom officially makes his 2026 Premiership bet
And much more!
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