Welcome to our coverage of tonight’s preliminary final between Melbourne and Geelong at Perth’s Optus Stadium.

MELBOURNE has crushed Geelong by 83 points to storm into the 2021 Toyota AFL Grand Final, inspired by a superb five-goal performance from captain Max Gawn. The Demons were red-hot right from the first bounce at Optus Stadium,

Melbourne have earned a preliminary final berth after steamrolling arch-rivals Manly 40-12 in their NRL qualifying final at Sunshine Coast Stadium.

As Melbourne shrugged off a nervous start to seize control of their AFL preliminary final against Geelong, you could almost hear the collective exhale from the Demons faithful. For all of Melbourne's dominance this season,

Melbourne shut down Tom Trbojevic for the second time this season on Friday night, holding the Manly superstar to his worst game since they played a month ago. A 40-12 win catapulted the Storm through to the NRL preliminary final at Suncorp Stadium in a fortnight,

The Demons (won qualifying final v Brisbane) haven’t played off for the premiership since 2000, and haven’t won one since 1964. They go into tonight as favourites especially after beating Geelong twice this year,

Melbourne ruckman Max Gawn has booted five goals to lead the Demons into the 2021 AFL grand final after an 83-point victory over Geelong in Perth.

The defending premiers are one win away from advancing to the grand final, after scoring six tries to two in their 40-12 demolition of the Sea Eagles on the Sunshine Coast.

Manly Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler is confident his team will bounce back after a heavy loss to the Storm in the qualifying final.

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