Ending a 37-year long drought, Richmond have taken out the 2017 AFL Grand Final, with the Tigers claiming a decisive 60-108 win over the Adelaide Crows.
While Crows fans will be crying for the usual reasons (the immense heartbreak of a finals loss), Tigers fans are crying at the sheer, miraculous beauty of taking out a premiership immediately after having a huge dud year in 2016, as Richmond forward Jack Riewoldt put it in a post-game interview with Channel 7: “We finished 13th on the ladder last season. Lost the last game by 110 points. And now we’re fucking premiers.”
The Tigers’ Dustin Martin is presumably (deservedly) feeling like hot shit right now, receiving the Norm Smith medal less than a week after receiving the Brownlow, all the while basking in the glory of being on a premiership winning team. Probably feels about as good or better as when you nail a reverse park.
Not so surprisingly, Tigers fans were stoked as:
Is this really happening? Us fans have normalised disappointment, this doesn’t feel normal!!!! #AFLgrandfinal #tiges 🐯⚫️💛⚫️💛🐯
— Becks (@letvictoriavote) September 30, 2017
CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE IT!? #richmondfc #AFLgrandfinal 🐯🐯 https://t.co/sST93XXv7J
— Cassie McBlane (@cassiemcblane) September 30, 2017
#AFLgrandfinal YEEESSS TIGERS!!!!! 🏆🎉🏆🎉🏆🎉 https://t.co/LZ3f3JN6ot
— ❤️🔥 𝕿𝖆𝖗𝖆 𝕱𝖔𝖑𝖊𝖞 ❤️🔥 (@TarajFoley) September 30, 2017
Yes @Richmond_FC #gotigers #AFLgrandfinal pic.twitter.com/1Aw66h8Ha3
— marshmallow (@caitym11) September 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/CharleeSueFrail/status/914030604630450176
Well bloody done, legends.
