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    <date>2025-09-27</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2025/09/27/in-australian-rules-football-the-brisbane-lions-defeat-the-geelong-cats-to-win-the-2025-australian-football-league-by-4</slug>
    <text>In Australian rules football, the Brisbane Lions defeat the Geelong Cats to win the 2025 Australian Football League by 47 points, winning their second consecutive premiership and fifth overall. </text>
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    <name>AFP via France 24</name>
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  <text>In Australian rules football, the Australian Football League introduces limits on contact training from the 2027 preseason to reduce concussion risk, capping weekly contact at 120 minutes initially and 160 minutes later while prohibiting high-intensity sessions on consecutive days. </text>
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