Brisbane Win the 2026 AFL Grand Final: The Three-Peat Is Complete

The useful part

Brisbane have won the 2026 AFL Grand Final, completing the three-peat with a comeback win over Fremantle. Here's what the win means for this Lions group, and the unusual Norm Smith result that gave collectors something else to think about. Fremantle 96–89 at the MCG, winning their third straight premiership and completing a run that started in 2024.

How it works

• And, somehow, it's not even Brisbane's first three-peat this century.
• Two completely different Brisbane teams, two decades apart, winning three consecutive premierships.
• For collectors, it means seeking out singles and slabs of the current generation.
• Have Will Ashcroft, Harris Andrews, Hugh McCluggage and the rest of this Brisbane group reached the status of the 2001-03 team?

Details worth keeping

There aren't many clubs that get to call themselves a dynasty. The 2001–03 Lions are one of the great teams of the modern era. For the current Lions, it changes the way this group will be remembered.