On Saturday, the Giants will feature in their eighth finals series since entering the AFL in 2012, while the Suns — finally — will embark on their first September campaign since entering the competition one year prior to GWS.

Both clubs have taken vastly different roads leading to this point, but the AFL’s expansion siblings will this weekend play elimination finals on the same day.

talks with an AFL great about what the Giants and Suns can achieve this September and where the question marks lie, as well as analysing why one has thrived since inception, and the other has struggled.

Finals Week 1

AFL Sep 04 7:40pm AEST FT Adelaide 55 Collingwood 79 MATCH CENTRE *Odds are current as of 6th September 2025, 11:39am AEST VIEW ALL SCORES AFL Sep 05 7:40pm AEST FT G

See Full Page