On The Saturday Rub, Nick Riewoldt revealed a little-known story about his lead-in to the 2009 Grand Final against Geelong.
He had a tear in his hip flexor, and went out to Box Hill hospital in an attempt to keep the news of the injury away from the media a few days before the last Saturday in September.
“At about 10pm on Thursday night I was doing strides up and down a corridor in Box Hill hospital, having it jabbed trying to see if we could just numb the area."
In 2022, it's Max Holmes who may be in a race against time to prove his fitness before the Grand Final after being subbed out due to a hamstring issue.