Four years on from their dramatic 2019 preliminary final battle, Collingwood and GWS will do battle once again for the first spot in this year's Grand Final.
It will be two very different teams that line up on Friday night for the Magpies and Giants compared to 2019's rendition, with plenty of new faces on either side and one player even crossing to the opposition since then.
Ahead of Friday night's sold-out blockbuster, we take a look back at the outcome of the 2019 preliminary final, as well as the changes that have taken place at both clubs since then.
3. The Players
All up, there are 22 players from 2019 who have departed from either club. 11 Collingwood players from the 2019 preliminary final are no longer at the club: Brodie Grundy, Adam Treloar, Rupert Wills, Callum Brown, Chris Mayne, James Aish, Josh Thomas, Ben Reid, Jaidyn Stephenson, Tom Phillips and Jordan Roughead (though Roughead is now in a coaching role with Collingwood).
John Noble and Taylor Adams were both in the side, though Adams will not play on Friday due to an ill-timed hamstring injury, while Noble was omitted from the side ahead of week one of the finals.
Of the anticipated line-up for this week, Nathan Murphy, Isaac Quaynor, Dan McStay, Jordan De Goey, Pat Lipinski, Tom Mitchell, Darcy Cameron, Oleg Markov, Josh Daicos, Nick Daicos and Mason Cox are all new faces.
Bobby Hill played in the 2019 prelim, however, he was playing for GWS at that point and will instead line up for Collingwood this weekend.
For GWS, they also have 11 players who are no longer with them:ย Heath Shaw, Sam Taylor, Aidan Corr, Zac Williams, Tim Taranto, Jeremy Finlayson, Bobby Hill (who will line up for Collingwood instead), Jeremy Cameron, Matt de Boer, Sam Reid, Adam Tomlinson.
Phil Davis and Adam Kennedy won't line up either after Kennedy did his ACL back in April and Davis retired last month. Meanwhile, Nick Haynes has also been out of the side due to form.
Jack Buckley, Connor Idun, Lachie Ash, Lachie Whitfield, Isaac Cumming, Tom Green, Toby Bedford, Kieren Briggs, Toby Greene, Callan Ward, Jake Riccardi, Jesse Hogan, Finn Callaghan, Callum Brown and Stephen Coniglio all didn't take part in the 2019 final and will play on Friday night.
