A week of wonders and blunders for a game full of rogues, blowhards and champions

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Drug scandals, charity drives, Hall of Fame dinners and ‘acts of bastardry’… somewhere in the middle of it all, mercifully, exquisite football was played

A composite image of L-R: Eddie McGuire, Mason Cox, Shai Bolton and Jack Riewoldt of the Tigers and Lewis Young of the Blues, Bailey Smith and Nicky Winmar.A composite image of L-R: Eddie McGuire, Mason Cox, Shai Bolton and Jack Riewoldt of the Tigers and Lewis Young of the Blues, Bailey Smith and Nicky Winmar.

It showcased the best of football at the Hall of Fame dinner. It afforded long overdue recognition to Nicky Winmar. It bestowed Legend status on one of the great South Australian footballers. It saw a speech from a Rhodes Scholar, and an even better one from a man raised in a mission home. It drummed home how resistant Tasmanians are to having a rented team, and to being told what is good for them. “It would be the single biggest act of bastardry in the history of the game for the Presidents to vote this down,” Gerard Whateley said.

It threw up exquisite wet weather skills, the controversial rescission of a goal, and a lot of tedious tut-tutting about goal celebrations. It put the fear of God into any team that draws Richmond in a final at the MCG. It was followed up by upsets at the Docklands and the Adelaide Oval, and an almighty fright for Geelong in Perth.

 

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