Chilling with Saint Nick Dal Santo, such a genuine and lovely guy. He gave it all in the 2010 AFL Grand Final yesterday and will be back next week to do it all again.
September 27, 2010
September 25, 2010
2010 AFL Grand Final (take 1) Melbourne, Australia
The last day in September is a holy day for many Australians regardless of their religion. As ledged lives on the strongest 2 sides of the season met in Melbourne for their hard earn shot at glory and to taste the ecstasy of ultimate victory that so few ever know. They came to give it all and at the end of the day leave with one winner and one loser and the knowledge of which one they were. In the end when it was found they were equal, a draw of scores at the final siren, the men from opposing sides lay down next to each other, on the field where they had just given their all. The humanity took my breath away. In the end they were equal.
The 2010 AFL (Australian Football League) Grand Final saw the Collingwood Magpies take on the St Kilda Saints. Collingwood from north of the famous Yarra River and St Kilda from the south each team has strong, loyal and long standing fan base who have team colours running though their blood. In a country that is not yet 250 years old the club you support is often a family legacy dating back over 100 years; that’s how it is in my family. For both Collingwood and St Kilda fans it had been a long time between drinks from the premiership cup. Both teams representing suburbs, lifestyles and landscapes contrasting and integral to Melbourne’s beauty and steeped in tradition. But both clubs will be breaking tradition this year with victory claimed by one of them not on the last Saturday in September but the first in October. The AFL’s Grand Final rules it have no overtime; in a draw the season is extended and everyone returns next week to fight it out all over again.
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