Geelong coach Chris Scott says the club will use no excuses for the loss to Brisbane in Saturday night's preliminary final as it came to light the immense challenges they faced throughout the week.

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Awaiting the Lions in the prelim is an in-form Geelong, which put on a clinic in week one with an 84-point thumping of Port Adelaide to advance to the penultimate week of finals. The Cats and Lions ...