Today is the anniversary of the classic Geelong v St Kilda clash at what was then called Etihad Stadium in 2009.
54,444 people crammed under the lid on a Sunday — still the highest AFL attendance at the ground — to watch the two heavyweights trade blows under the roof.
Both sides were 13-0 and flying, and with St Kilda a brutally efficient juggernaut under Ross Lyon and Geelong playing the freewheeling attacking style that made them so dominant in the latter half of the 00s, it was the epitome of the proverbial irresistible force meeting the unmovable object.
The first bounce was pushed back from 2.10pm to 3.10pm so Channel 7 could broadcast it live, and the Saints got an early jump on the Cats, booting the first five majors of the game.
The Cats clawed their way back, mostly through the efforts of Jimmy Bartel and Paul Chapman, to level the scores with five minutes to go.
The game was decided by an enormous pack grab by the best player on the park — Michael Gardiner, who’d been able to dominate a Brad Ottens-less Geelong — in the goal square with 1:20 to go.
He put the set shot through after a lengthy delay to stretcher off a KOed Harry Taylor.
To celebrate the anniversary of the brilliant game, we went and found the Triple M call of the game, with Hamish McLachlan, Stephen Quartermaine, Shane Crawford, Jason Dunstall and of course Ash Chua calling the hell out of it.