{"id":170823,"date":"2024-09-06T15:18:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T05:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=170823"},"modified":"2024-09-06T15:18:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T05:18:24","slug":"preview-afl-ireland-grand-final-day-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2024\/09\/06\/preview-afl-ireland-grand-final-day-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | AFL Ireland Grand Final Day 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IT is the biggest day on the AFL Ireland calendar tomorrow \u2013 Grand Final Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AFL Ireland community will converge on Mountmellick GAA Club in Laois for Grand Final day, which will see the women\u2019s and men\u2019s premiers both decided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the women\u2019s competition, it is a repeat of the 2023 decider as last year\u2019s champions the Cork Vikings will be looking to repeat history when they take on the South Dublin Swans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cork is a strong team, with more than half of the Irish national team that went to the recent Transatlantic Cup calling the Rebel County home. This includes Banshees\u2019 skipper <a href=\"\/afl\/player\/amanda-brosnan\/\" data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"167479\" class=\"_dc_spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amanda Brosnan<\/a>, and star forwards <strong>Anne-Marie Troy <\/strong>and<strong> Shannon Stevenson<\/strong>. Stevenson was Best on Ground in last year\u2019s decider, so the Vikings will be looking to her to have another big game this time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Swans are not without national team representation themselves, with <strong>Amber Redmond<\/strong> and <strong>Shauna Kendrick<\/strong> two of the five Swans that were in the Banshees\u2019 squad for the Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The way that this season has gone, the Vikings are the ones that will head into tomorrow\u2019s match as favourites. They have been the dominant side all season, regularly scoring over 100 points and severely restricting their opponents\u2019 score by comparison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is no different when looking at the matches between the Vikings and Swans specifically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in round one the Vikings won by 106 points, while in round four the margin 95 points. The third match that was supposed to happen between the sides this season ultimately did not go ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow is a particularly big day for the Swans, with their men\u2019s side also in action against the Leeside Lions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This match is also a repeat of last year\u2019s decider, and much like their women\u2019s side the Swans will be hoping history does not repeat as Leeside were the 2023 champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>20 members of the national team that went to the Transatlantic Cup will be playing in this match, with the vast majority of those playing for the Cork based Lions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The women\u2019s Grand Final will kick off at 1pm tomorrow (10pm AEST) before the men\u2019s match kicks off at 3pm tomorrow (12am Sunday AEST). Streaming options for the match are yet to be confirmed, but stay tuned to the AFL Ireland socials for the announcement about streaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dc-block-dc-mention _dc_mention\"><div class=\"section-heading_wrap\"><span class=\"section-heading is-small\">Mentions<\/span><span class=\"hor-border\"><\/span><\/div><ul class=\"js-overflow-list overflow-list\"><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/amanda-brosnan\/\">Amanda Brosnan<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"js-dropdown dropdown overflowed\"><button class=\"btn btn-icon-only\"><span class=\"icon btn-icon\">\n                    <!-- icon - plus circle - 20px-->\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\">\n                        <path d=\"M15,9.28h-4.3V5h0A.72.72,0,1,0,9.28,5h0V9.28H5a.72.72,0,0,0,0,1.43H9.28V15a.72.72,0,0,0,1.43,0h0V10.71H15a.72.72,0,0,0,0-1.43Z\"\/>\n                        <path d=\"M10,0A10,10,0,1,0,20,10,10,10,0,0,0,10,0Zm0,18.57A8.57,8.57,0,0,1,10,1.43h0a8.57,8.57,0,0,1,0,17.14Z\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/span><\/button><div class=\"popover\"><div class=\"popover-content\"><ul class=\"popover-menu\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT is the biggest day on the AFL Ireland calendar tomorrow \u2013 Grand Final Day. 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