As the Brisbane Lions celebrate 10 years since their 2002 Grand Final triumph over Collingwood, lions.com.au takes a look back at some of the key moments that shaped the Club’s historic victory.

Black’s big week

The lead-up to the 2002 Grand Final could hardly have been any bigger for midfielder Simon Black.

The West Australian was preparing to line-up in his second consecutive Grand Final - which also happened to be his 100th AFL match - just five days after claiming the game’s highest individual award, the Brownlow Medal.

Scott Burns was given the task of shadowing Black for most of the afternoon, but Black still collected 22 disposals, had four clearances and kicked a goal to prove one of the team’s better players.

Voss leads from the front

Although Collingwood’s Nathan Buckley was a deserving winner of the Norm Smith Medal, many argue that Lions skipper Michael Voss was equally, if not more, valuable throughout the match.

Several judges apparently had Voss narrowly in front at half time, but felt Buckley’s 10-kick third term was the clincher.

Clearly they hadn’t factored in Voss’ astonishing nine-touch last quarter, including five in the last five minutes to almost single-handedly guarantee the cup staying in Queensland.

His ability to impact the match was evident midway through the second quarter when he crashed a pack and was pole-axed by Scott Burns, only to bounce straight back to his feet, dive into the contest and feed a handball out to Simon Black which led to the team’s second goal.

But it was his heroics in the last quarter that were most important - particularly his twisting mark going back with the flight of the ball which, had it fallen through his fingers, would have directly resulted in a Collingwood shot on goal.

Keating has a cracker

On the outer for virtually the entire second half of the season, Clark Keating found inner strength from the fact he had rucked for entire games in the Reserves.

This proved a godsend when Beau McDonald popped his shoulder 19 minutes into the opening term after Ryan Lonie had pushed down on him awkwardly when double-teaming the big Lion at a boundary throw-in.

Keating rucked superbly for most of the game, being given short spells by Darryl White, chalking up a whopping 39 hit-outs to a combined 20 by rivals Steve McKee and Anthony Rocca.

Significantly, in a key measuring stick, it was during Keating’s short stints on the bench that Rocca twice was able to win centre taps and run forward to provide a marking option and goal.

Akermanis seals the win

The result was on a knife’s edge with the Lions leading by just three points late in the final term as Brad Scott sent the ball forward towards spearhead Alastair Lynch.

Lynch’s marking attempt near the goal square was punched forward by his Collingwood opponent, but the crumbs were quickly swooped upon by Jason Akermanis.

Hearing Lynch scream “you’re clear”, Akermanis composed himself and goaled with a trademark left foot snap.

The goal proved the last score of the Grand Final and gave the Lions enough breathing room to claim their second consecutive flag.

Lynch shares podium spoils

Alastair Lynch, the oldest man in the team at 34 years of age, went into the Grand Final with a painful back injury, yet still managed to take six marks (four contested) and boot 4.2 in an invaluable contribution up forward.

A reluctant Lynch then joined Voss on the podium at the end of the match to help raise the Premiership Cup.

“12 months earlier, when he stood down as co-captain, we’d agreed he would stand on the podium with me if we won a Grand Final and in all the hysteria of [2001], we didn’t get a chance to do it,” Voss recalled.

“So I said ‘mate, you’re coming up with me this time’.”

Read the full match report from the 2002 Grand Final