Lonergan's brave journey to grand final

Playing AFL has cost Geelong defender Tom Lonergan a kidney, and nearly his life.
Now the long, rutted road back has brought him to a grand final, looking for his first premiership medallion to join the majority of his Cats teammates as a premiership player.
Lonergan nearly died after an on-field collision in a 2006 match against Melbourne while backing into a pack courageously attempting a mark.
He was hospitalised and spent four days in an induced coma.
He lost litres of blood, kilos of weight and a kidney which left his career in the balance.
In a show of faith by the Cats, he was rookie-listed for 2007.
By midway through the season was back playing footy at VFL level, throwing himself into battle with no thought that having just one kidney leaves him at a higher risk of serious injury than most in a brutal collision sport.
When you've made four AFL grand finals in five years like Geelong, you could be forgiven for taking success for granted.
Not Lonergan.
So far he has played in just one AFL grand final - Geelong's losing one in 2008.
He missed the 2007 and 2009 triumphs.
But having cemented a spot in the Cats' back six last season, Lonergan - now 27 - is desperate to taste the ultimate success.
"Everyone dreams of winning a premiership and I'm no exception to any of the players that haven't won one," Lonergan told AAP on Friday.
"It's been an eventful journey along the way, but we're here now and I can't wait until tomorrow.
"You don't take these things for granted, You try to work as hard as you can, and obviously the team's done really well this year and I'm just thrilled to be amongst the team this time.
"But there's a lot of hard work to do tomorrow first."