AFL grand final LIVE: Get all the latest updates and scores as the Sydney Swans take on the Brisbane Lions at the MCG
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What happens if the scores are tied when the siren sounds?
The VFL/AFL has had tied grand finals in 1948, 1977 and 2010.
Here’s what the rules are if the Swans and Lions are locked up at full time this afternoon, straight from the AFL…
1. Goal umpires confirm scores are identical; 2. There is a six-minute break; 3. Teams change ends; 4. Three minutes of Additional Time shall be played, plus time-on; 5. At the end of the first Additional Time period, the siren will sound and teams will immediately change ends without a break; 6. The ball will be bounced (or thrown up) in the centre and a further three minutes of play (plus time-on) will commence; 7. At the conclusion of this period, the siren will sound and the team with the highest score is declared the winner; 8. If scores are still tied, steps three to eight are repeated until a result is determined.
The first bounce at the MCG has already happened
No, not the big game – the Marsh AFL National Futures Boys match, which features Australia’s most talented under-17s footballers, with the two teams named after recently retired AFL stars Dyson Hepell and Rory Sloane.
The players will be eligible for the AFL draft next year, so it’s a great chance for fans to get a look at the young guns who could end up on their team’s list.
Some great news for Swans fans hours before kickoff as the club breaks a record
The Bloods have announced they’ve passed 75,000 members for the first time – a huge leap from last year’s mark of 65,332.
That comes on the back of more than 500,000 fans streaming through the gates at the SCG this season.
They’ve come a long way from where they were when they first started playing in Sydney in 1982, when only 15,764 supporters saw them win their first official home game in the harbour city.
Will Tina Arena get booed during her grand final performance?
Plenty of Aussies are hoping the Sorrento Moon singer will feel the wrath of the crowd when she joins headliner Katy Perry on the MCG later today.
There’s been an online campaign encouraging fans to boo the 56-year-old – and their problems with her date back four years.
Queues longer than a Malcolm Blight torpedo
Here’s another look at the wait the first fans to arrive were presented with this morning…
Why some fans believe this simple photo shows who will win the flag
Here we see Lachie Neale and Dane Rampe putting the premiership trophy back on its stand after hoisting it for the fans at yesterday’s grand final parade.
A long-held superstition has it that the team whose representative takes his hand off the mug first will lose the game, so… sorry about that, Swans fans.
Talk about keen!
Here’s the scene well before the members gates opened just after 8am. Long day for these punters, who rocked up not long after sunrise.
And they’re off!
Here’s the moment the fans started to stream into the G just a few minutes ago. The AFL claims there’s so much demand for tickets, the ground could be sold out four times over.
G’day and welcome
The biggest day of the footy year is finally here and Daily Mail Australia has you covered with all the latest updates, scores and photos as the Sydney Swans take on the Brisbane Lions at the MCG.
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