The Lions will bring Logan Morris, Jaspa Fletcher, Will Ashcroft, Darcy Wilmot and Kai Lohmann into this decider – all are 21 or under. The Swans meanwhile have a huge reliance on players 23 and under, including Errol Gulden, Chad Warner, Logan McDonald, Braeden Campbell and Matt Roberts, while James Rowbottom just turned 24.

Sydney coach John Longmire says Callum Mills will need to survive a training session at “absolute 100 per cent intensity” on Wednesday to push his case for the AFL grand final.

In the age of equalisation in the AFL, it is uncommon that a team can scale the summit of football, be vanquished and then challenge again the next year.