For the Hill family, there will be joy and agony after Friday night’s Preliminary Final.
One son, either Freo’s Stephen Hill or Hawthorn’s Bradley Hill, will be part of a winning team that will play in the AFL Grand Final the following Saturday.
The other will be bitterly disappointed.
The brothers are no strangers on the field but their match-up at Domain Stadium will cement their spot in VFL/AFL history.
It will be just the second time a set of brothers have played against each other twice in a VFL/AFL final.
Craig (North Melbourne) and Brad Sholl (Geelong) were opponents in finals in 1996 and 1997.
The Hills faced off in the 2013 Grand Final, which Bradley’s team won.
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Bradley has two premierships with Hawthorn, a feat that Stephen said spurred him for the ultimate success.
“My brother’s won a couple of premierships and seeing him have them just drives me even more,” Hill said earlier this month.
“Maybe a little bit (jealous), but I’m proud of him as well.
“It just really drives me to hopefully be able to get there and have a premiership one day.”
