Giants stun Magpies

With their backs to the wall and widely dismissed as a premiership threat, GWS stunned Collingwood to win through to their first AFL grand final after a four-point preliminary final thriller at the MCG. The underdogs handled wet conditions to lead by a game-high 33 points early in Saturday’s final term, but had to withstand a stirring late challenge from the Pies, who kicked the last four goals only to fall agonisingly short 8.8 (56) to 7.10 (52). Leon Cameron’s men set up a premiership decider against Richmond with the gutsy display in front of 77,828 fans, the vast majority of whom wore black and white and left broken-hearted. It is the first time since 1980 that both the minor premiers and the second- placed team at the end of the regular season haven’t made the grand final.