Getting to know your AFL preliminary finalists

At the business end of the season, match-ups start to matter more. Where teams are closely matched in talent and quality, the way they play becomes crucial.

For those who grew up in Brisbane, the buzz of mosquitos is inevitably burned in your mind. The sound rings in your ears as you go to sleep, and when you wake up as a never-ending alarm. In an era where most teams try to emphasise their size in the midfield, one side has gone the other way to considerable success.

Geelong can add an extra flavour when bigger bodies like Mark Blicavs roam the outer edges of stoppages as a non-ruck, giving a real size and space advantage over opponents. In their earlier loss to Geelong, the Lions were out-marked 75 to 45, altering the tempo of the game. The Lions have been out-marked only three times this year, two of them ending in losses — to Hawthorn and Geelong.

Brisbane have a habit of rewarding all good leads, not just those in a "high expected value" location inside 50. If that's the case, the game may come down to who can win the ball in the middle more, deny easy marks for the opposition and convert more frequently from harder spots.Port Adelaide has left out the bigger backs and put attacking structures in place with undersized defenders playing big roles.

Both the Richmond and Port Adelaide defences have ignored this guideline, omitting the bigger backs and implementing attacking structures with undersized defenders playing big roles. The canary in the coalmine for the Power is their ability to achieve and prevent marks inside 50 and contested marks. When they can stop or slow opposition sides up the ground, the Power can create repeat entries for their focal point in Charlie Dixon, who can thrive even in heavy traffic.

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