AFL grand final preview: resilience the key for Magpies and Eagles

Collingwood must neutralise the twin towers up front, but will the West Coast defence survive its own inquisition?

As the rain made a soft applause over a sea of black and white during the grand final parade, Nathan Buckley looked a different man to the man of sorrows of seasons’ past.

Winning games and coach of the year helps (as does not having your performance review carried out on the back pages of the Melbourne press), but there is something about Buckley, about Collingwood, that is reminiscent of last year’s Tigers.

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