Brisbane’s Dayne Zorko will be the most relieved man in football on Sunday night when he escapes suspension for his high contact with Geelong’s Ollie Henry.

Fagan’s metaphor of dancing on thin ice has become the unintentional motto for Brisbane’s finals campaign. But it was on a tightrope that Brandon Starcevich and Jarrod Berry walked in an unwinnable 2 versus 4 on the boundary line that somehow, someway, resulted in a Rayner goal.

Brisbane has mounted not one, but two comebacks to advance to the Grand Final with a 10-point win over Geelong in a pulsating preliminary final at the MCG.

Virgin has added extra flights into Melbourne ahead of the AFL grand final making thousands more seats available as Brisbane and Sydney fans clamour to make it to the MCG.