Daniher stars at Melbourne flag celebration

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Neale Daniher has starred astatine Melbourne's premiership solemnisation aft receiving a lasting ovation astatine the MCG successful stirring scenes.

The erstwhile Demons manager was connected manus on with erstwhile skipper David Neitz, with the brace handing implicit Simon Goodwin's Jock McHale Medal and Christian Petracca's Norm Smith Medal.

Melbourne's premiership squad was met by astir 40,000 diehard fans who had not been capable to question to Perth for the expansive last win owed to COVID-19 protocols.

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"As bully arsenic winning a premiership was implicit successful Perth, surely a portion to the puzzle that was missing was being capable to bash it with household and friends and a afloat packed MCG of Demon fans," vice skipper Jack Viney said.

Also connected manus were retiring Demons stalwarts Nathan Jones and Neville Jetta, who bid farewell to the adoring fans without having a accidental to play successful the decider.

"The top calamity to travel retired of this twelvemonth [in a shot sense] was that the crippled was not played here," Jones said during the premiership celebration.

However, it was Daniher who was the prima of the amusement and received wide absorption connected societal media.

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