• Updates from the cut-throat clash at the SCG
• Start time in Sydney is 7:40pm AEST
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Here we go, footy fans. Welcome to the Sydney Cricket Ground for the first preliminary final of 2024: Sydney v Port Adelaide. Swans v Power. Tonight’s winner will face either Geelong or Brisbane in the AFL Grand Final on Saturday September 28.

These sides finished one and two in the regular season but have taken very different paths to this date with destiny. The minor-premiers Swans are here after squeaking past the Giants in a comeback for the ages a fortnight back. They’ve had the week off and are on their home ground, the grand old arena of the Sydney Cricket Ground.