When Collingwood and Brisbane run out onto the MCG for Saturday afternoon's AFL grand final, more than a dozen players will be carrying on a family legacy at the highest level of the game.
Nearly 20 players on Collingwood and Brisbane's lists are sons or descendents of former VFL/AFL players
A further six players on the clubs' lists who won't play on Saturday also have former footballing fathers.Darcy MooreThe family links will be highlighted on the biggest stage — literally — should the Magpies win the grand final, as Moore's father Peter will hand his son the premiership cup on the dais.
"It's a massive thrill and it's a great honour that the club has asked me to do it," Peter Moore said. — son of Adrian, who played for the Lions during the 1990s — will be the youngest player on the ground on Saturday.But beyond the players with paternal links to their clubs, a number of other players will take famous bloodlines into grand final day.will make this the sixth VFL/AFL grand final featuring that famous surname on the team sheet.
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