The Brisbane Lions have won their first AFL premiership in more than 20 years after handing the Sydney Swans another humiliating grand final loss.

Sydney and Brisbane will go into Saturday's AFL grand final as selected, with no late changes when the final teams were named.

The Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions face off in the first men's AFL grand final without a Victorian team in 18 years. Follow live.

Lachie Neale and Will Ashcroft were among the Brisbane Lions' biggest stars in a dominant 60-point win over Sydney in the AFL grand final at the MCG.

Spurred on by the pain of their four-point defeat last year, the Lions crushed Sydney in front of a packed house at the MCG.

Sydney Swans stand-in captain Dane Rampe says he is hoping his unhappy grand final memories will help in his side's decider against the Brisbane Lions.

The parallels between building a high-performance sports team like the Sydney Swans and a successful startup are markedly similar.

Now look, I wouldn’t normally send readers to The Sydney Morning Herald’s website, but they’ve got a story on the home page, and the headline says: “The Swans will never be Sydney’s team. And that’s OK.

AFL grand final day is finally here. Follow along on our live blog as we count down to the big game between the Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions then follow all the celebrations and commiserations post game.