Gerard

Like the retrospectively, is this the biggest act to ever play at an AFL event?

Possibly.

Um, they, on the night they announced, so they announced the, the hall of fame members, which is fantastic, but there's 136 members, initial inductees to the hall of fame.

So the announcement of 136 members of the Hall of Fame is a 25-minute video.

So you don't really, those 136 inductees never got their moment.

Three of the Hall of Fame members appear to represent their colleagues.

Captains and coaches of the 16 teams did a lap of honor.

Kate Sobrano performs.

The Girl Guides unfurl a centenary banner.

That was a bit of a showstopper, I thought.

Yeah.

The George Burns impersonator arrives by helicopter, of which they unveil the ad.

The could have been champions perform fireworks end of the night.

And it just didn't land.

Before the end, people were heading for the exits cold and uninspired.

They no doubt felt grateful that an AFL centenary launch comes about just once every 100 years.

So it didn't get off to a good start.

It was struggling to get going.

And then when we talked about the lightning premiership earlier in the year, that was a flop too.

Yeah.