Brisbane coach Chris Fagan isn’t sure if his side can go back-to-back without star co-captain Lachie Neale.

Neale suffered a calf injury late in the Lions’ 38-point qualifying final loss to Geelong at the MCG , which means the reigning premiers will need to go the long route to win consecutive flags after going into September as one of the favourites.

And it suddenly appears Brisbane will be without the dual Brownlow Medal winner , who’d only just returned from a month on the sidelines with a quad issue, for the remainder of the finals as Fagan braces for bad news while they await the results of scans.

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