Everything in its right place: football returns to the ’G on the biggest day of all

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Everything in its right place: football returns to the ’G on the biggest day of all
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After two grand finals held interstate, and some experiments with the traditional starting time, football finally returned to its home at the MCG on a sunny, but perfectly chilly, springtime Saturday afternoon. I tom_cowie

After two grand finals held interstate, and some experiments with the traditional starting time, football finally returned to its home at the MCG on a sunny, but perfectly chilly, springtime Saturday afternoon.Lockdown, remember all that? It was easy to think much of it was a weird dream as 100,024 football fans piled into the stands for the first AFL premiership decider in Melbourne since state borders were closed and clubs fled interstate, so they could keep playing football.

This time, the Cats delivered on the big stage, and in emphatic fashion. And didn’t those wearing blue and white love every minute of it. “GEEE-LOONG”, they purred from the Shane Warne Stand, barely halfway through the third quarter.By then, the premiership cup was already loaded on a bus bound for the Princes Freeway, the engraver wouldn’t be getting paid double time for a late finish this year.

The most thunderous of the lot erupted as inspirational captain Joel Selwood slotted one just as he was being tackled. The anticipation for the final siren was less about deciding a winner but confirming an anointed champion. When the timekeeper finally stepped in, the top was nearly blown off the members’ stand.

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