Star Brisbane Lions midfielder Josh Dunkley played in his third AFL premiership with an ankle injury that will need surgery.

Dunkley was hurt in last week’s preliminary final win over Collingwood and revealed he carried a grade-three syndesmosis injury into the grand final win over Geelong.

While he was obviously restricted and played in great pain, Dunkley still had his moments as the Lions weathered a fierce first half before kicking away.

Dunkley grinned sheepishly post-match when asked about his injury, before admitting the severity of what he took into the grand final.

“That’s a six-to-eight-week injury — under the knife normally, the next week,” Dunkley admitted.

“I got a call from the doc (early this week) and he said to me ‘you’re not going to miss, we’ll get you up for it

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