The full & final Means Test with Adam Simpson! | 2026 Grand final edition (28.09.26)
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What made the 2026 Grand Final series stand out as one of the greatest?
Waitley on SEN. How to make sense of all of that. That's why we rely on Adam Simpson every Monday morning with the means test. Hello, Simo. Morning, Jared. Uh that was unbelievable.
It was. Uh Was it the greatest final series in the modern era? That's the uh that's the real debate. Well not the real debate, that's what I wanted to bring up. Yep. Mr. Simmo says. Well it started with the play-in finals or the wild cards, didn't it? So if you cast your mind back, that was who played those two? Collingwood and Collingwood Bulldogs after Siren after the siren miss, and then the the blues doing their thing, and then you you get to the two grand finalists lose in week one. So and everything gets tipped on its Head because everyone wanted to play Sydney and then suddenly Sydney have a win. Then we get the Twilight at the G game, the prelim. I've just named it that for this particular segment.
And then then we get the weekend. Yep. So nothing went to script, but everything went to scripts in the end, didn't it? Really? So remarkable five works of football. Really good. Really interesting. I think the AFL needed that. I think it's been a tough cut couple. Yeah. You know, and all the the debate around the fixturing and umpiring and all those things just just just moved out the way, didn't it, for the final and the footy took over. So well done to everyone involved and for in particular the players, to perform on the big stage, for the most part everyone delivered when it really mattered, both prelims and uh And the grand final, where they're the big games where sometimes you can get startled. And I thought they all handed it really well in Fremantle right up until, you know, what we're about to discuss, were um well and truly ready.
Um so yeah, congratulations to everyone involved and it was just a pleasure to be a part of watching it. Yep. Um getting as close as we can is uh the commentary box.
One of the all-time great final series Simo says, The big issue. Was it the most extraordinary four minutes ever?
Well, just because it's this it's all or nothing. So we can debate the the prelim. That was one of the greatest games. But this this one's this is the full stop in in the sentence. So um Yeah, the bloody wolfy time. I I the debate will rage whether They're trying to say, Freeman, I I think I'm just trying to picture what what would I be saying if this happened to me and You got one team saying, Oh, look, well no, no, they had nothing to do with it. They just overran us and they were too good. They're a great side. And then you got the other side going, Absolutely it it mattered. We spoke about it. We planned for it. This is on the cards. This was a trigger. So well what do you say now if you're free man or no, no, no, I still don't think they really it it inspired anything.
It wasn't well, what do you say, Jared? I I think you you snooked. You are snooked. Yeah.
There's This is the Michael Jordan debate. It doesn't matter what you say. It's how did it occur to to me? And it occurred to Brisbane. This is this in the multiverse. Where hell's bells doesn't signal. Do Brisbane steal themselves in that moment in such a way? It's it's gonna be the pub debate that lasts forever. But they were given a stimulus that they they had spoken about. Yeah. And they all looked at each other and went,
Right,
right.
Unleash hell. They got they got it wrong. They got it wrong. The Wolfie time's not for when we're winning. It's for when we're coming back from a deficit. And for what for whatever reason, the last and they only played it a couple of times and it I I don't think JL was a big fan of it in the first place, but it was a fan engagement thing and got nothing to do with us. You know, that sort of But it went from being, hey, we we're playing Hawthorne, we're five goals down, we've kicked two in a row, Warfy time activated, we're at home, th let's go to Oh, well we're in front by enough, let's play it. And and whatever the measurements or the requirements to play the song Grand Final Day, don't worry don't play it.
If it's not uh we're gonna be five goals down and we're on our way back, don't be play it's not a celebration song.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What made the 2026 Grand Final series stand out as one of the greatest?
0:02–5:44
2
How did the teams’ strategies differ in the pre‑match and early quarters?
5:44–12:38
3
Which players received the most votes in the first quarter and why?
12:38–18:21
4
What were the key tactical battles during the second quarter?
18:21–24:46
5
How did Brisbane’s centre‑bounce dominance affect the third quarter?
24:46–32:12
6
Which moments defined the final quarter and the ‘Wolfie time’ decision?
32:12–39:38
7
How did the coaches adjust their game plans after halftime?
39:38–46:17
8
What were the final voting results and overall conclusions of the Means Test?
46:17–52:06
Speakers
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