Entire Lions Squad Now Rocking The Akermanis Peroxide As Brisbane Prepares For 2nd Three-Peat

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After a explosive finals series of cruel losses and valiant victories, The 2026 AFL Grand Final has arrived.

Set to take place at the MCG this Saturday at 2:30pm, the Fremantle Dockers and the Brisbane Lions will take to the field after Melbourne's own pop super star Kylie Minogue plays the hits.

The entire AFL fanbase, regardless of club or city, are now waiting in silence to see which of the two potential fairytales unfold.

The Fremantle Dockers and their fans will be fighting for their first ever premiership.

The Brisbane Lions will be looking to secure a three-peat - for the second time.

And they are certainly looking the part. Photographs leaked of the Lions training run show the entire squad now rocking bleached blonde hair - in tribute to the club's early 2000's three-peat icon, Jason Akermanis.

At the turn of the millennium, the Brisbane Lions announced themselves of the AFL stage when they joined only four other clubs in the history of the game to win three consecutive premierships in a row from 2001-2003 - not even ten years after they were admitted to the competition in 1997.

These records and statistics are particularly painful for Fremantle Dockers fans, considering the fact that their club entered the competition two years prior to the Lions, and they have still never won a flag.

Fremantle have, however, made it to a Grand Final before - losing to Hawthorn by 17 points in 2013.

While Freo fans are praying that history does not repeat itself, Brisbane fans are praying that it does.

23-years later, and the Brisbane Lions are once again on the edge of the three-peat, and just like the lead up to the 2003 Grand Final against Collingwood - it seems like momentum is well and truly on their side.

After last weekend's exhilarating final minute victory over Hawthorn in the sudden death preliminary, the Lions are showing their ability to take control over must-win matches and snatch victory for themselves.

Fans say it's almost like watching Power, Brown, Lynch and Lappin out there.

But to truly revisit this era of success, the players needed to peroxide their hair.

Witnesses of today's secret training run say that Charlie Cameron was also practicing handstands.