Port Adelaide’s rooms were equipped with just two toilets and two showers while Western Bulldogs players got changed at the ground’s cricket nets
The group of Bulldogs fans, decked out in red and blue scarfs, sat around a table in the Trumble bar and cafe on the western side of the MCG. It was not quite 5pm on a drizzly Friday, and they were enjoying a round of beers, with a much-anticipated AFL elimination final less than three hours away.
The image of the four summed up Melbourne footy culture to a tee. Proud, passionate, sociable and community-minded. As well as something else. They had little interest in the AFLW match between the Bulldogs – their own club – and Port Adelaide underway some 60m away.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/article/2024/sep/06/aflw-change-rooms-at-mcg-highlight-challenges-of-double-headers-with-men
Author : Jack Snape at the MCG
Publish date : 2024-09-06 11:03:37
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