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Collingwood claim AFL title as McKenna's Brisbane fall short
Collingwood shrugged off a history of Grand Final failure to claim the Australian Football League (AFL) championship on Saturday, pipping the Brisbane Lions by four points in a thriller at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground. Record-holders for the most Grand Final defeats (27) in the top flight of Australian Rules football, the Melbourne-based "Pies" held firm in a nerve-shredding finish to win a record-equalling 16th title in front of a crowd of 100,024.