Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Crows: AFL semi-final – live

Updates from the do-or-die clash at the Gabba Start time in Brisbane is 7.35pm local/7.05pm ACST Send an email We’ll be in for an absolute treat of a finals weekend if this semi-final between Brisbane and Adelaide can match what we saw last night at Optus Stadium. Jonathan Horn reported on Fremantle’s victory against Geelong in an all-time classic. There’s been some pandemonic nights at Optus Stadium, but nothing that could match this.

Fremantle is through to a preliminary final after a semi of the highest quality and the utmost tension. It was simultaneously free-wheeling and nerve-jangling – both high scoring and high pressure. It activated Wharfie Time for just the second time this year, but it wasn’t really needed. The noise was cacophonous, the tension excruciating and the result ultimately just.

Read the original report at The Guardian.