Scott Pendlebury

I love Boomer.

I love Boomer because he's my dwarfy little mate.

I never thought I'd see it happen.

It's remarkable, isn't it, that he's still playing and he's still playing terrific football and incredible.

There is a pre-game chat.

Lingy's down there with the boss of the AFL.

I certainly am, BT.

A very proud Gil McLaughlin, the AFL tonight.

History is made.

The record that we all thought was never going to be broken in the modern game, Brent Harvey, 427 games.

It's a huge night, isn't it?

There is a banner which Boomer runs through with his kids.

The number 427 is emblazoned across the front of the north jumper.

There's a goal.

He's given it to Boomer.

A win?

Friends.

And, unlike Tucky, there is a post-game chat.

The whole week's been pretty big-lingy, but the one thing I said to Brad at the start of the week, nothing matters if we don't win, so we got the mickeys, mate.

So times have changed, celebrations have changed, media focus has changed, commercial opportunities have changed, and the focus of the game, which I think is really, really cool, celebrating our champions, has changed.