Overview

• Geelong beat Brisbane 16.16 (112) to 11.8 (74) at the MCG to secure a home preliminary final and a week off.
• The match drew 86,364 fans as the Cats controlled key metrics, winning centre clearances and inside-50s decisively.
• Brisbane must host a semi-final at the Gabba against the Fremantle–Gold Coast winner after the qualifying-final loss.
• The AFL confirmed the first of Cam Rayner’s two late-second-quarter free kicks should not have been paid, while the second was correct.
• Lions co-captain Lachie Neale left with a calf injury in the final term and is awaiting scan results for next week’s do-or-die final.