Tyrone man bids to join Zach Tuohy, Mark O’Connor and Tadhg Kennelly as winners of Aussie Rules’ greatest prize.

Tyrone man Conor McKenna on Saturday can become only the second All-Ireland Football medallist to also win an AFL Grand Final title.

In typical understated fashion, All-Ireland winner Conor McKenna would rather the focus be on his Brisbane Lions teammates instead of himself when he walks out in front of 100,000 supporters in the AFL Grand Final at the MCG on Saturday.

If the Melbourne Cup is the race that stops Australia, then the grand final is the game that stops the state of Victoria. But tomorrow’s AFL showpiece is one with a difference. For the first time since 2006,

Conor McKenna will gladly embrace the tag of “super sub” if it means he will have the necessary impact off the bench to help Brisbane win Saturday’s AFL grand final.