IT'S DOWN to this ... and your beloved AFL Record is flexing its Grand Final muscle. The Grand Final AFL Record will also be found at the Gabba on Saturday where footy fans can buy it for just $10.

Brisbane have opened their AFL premiership ... withstood a final-quarter fightback at the SCG, further demoralising the same opposition they crushed by 10 goals in the 2024 grand final.

If the Swans needed a gentle reintroduction to the AFL after their disastrous grand final last September, an exciting and fearless Hawthorn side in opening round provided a hard landing.

Riley Bice will make his AFL debut on Saturday. Photo: Phil Hillyard The Swans will have five different faces from the team that fell to the Lions on grand final day last year. Three of them hadn ...