AFL Finals PRELIMINARY FINALS

Preliminary Finals — two games for a Grand Final berth, both home picks. Sydney at STRONG at a sold-out SCG: the Swans put up the highest finals score in club history against Brisbane, Fremantle are without Brennan Cox against Curnow and McDonald, and the Dockers' Round 18 win over Sydney came at Optus, not here — only Callum Mills' absence keeps it out of PREMIUM. Hawthorn at EDGE at the MCG in a genuinely tight one: Brisbane's three-peat pedigree and the 67-point Round 22 belting demand respect, but Noah Answerth — the man who kept Nick Watson goalless that day — is out, and the rested Hawks have lost once in eight. Finals Week 2 graded 2/2 — Fremantle and Brisbane both landed at home, taking the finals ledger to 6/8.