00:01Well, the energy here is electric and as you can see behind me, it's a sea of purple.
00:07It feels like half of Perth have shown up, seemingly outnumbering line supporters here along the parade route.
00:13Now, the grand final parade just came through a short time ago.
00:16We had teams from both sides as well as fans and other supporters take part in it.
00:21It left Melbourne Park this morning, weaved its way through Melbourne's sporting precinct
00:25and is finishing up at Yarra Park outside the MCG.
00:28Frio fans, of course, are looking for their first Premiership in their club's history.
00:33Meanwhile, Brisbane fans are, of course, looking for that famed three-peat.
00:37Superstar midfielder Lachie Neal last night successfully overturned his one-match suspension
00:42which means he will be playing in tomorrow's big game.
00:45And fans here in Melbourne have travelled from far and wide to see the big game.
00:49We've spoken to a few of them. Here's what they had to say.
00:51Well, it's only the second time in the grand final, so why miss it?
00:56And they're going to win this one.
00:57Well, I come from Busselton. They started a flight from Busselton to Sydney.
01:01I got to Sydney for $149 and to Melbourne for $80.
01:05So I come the cheap route. A lot of people played a lot more than that.
01:09Well, I've never been to a grand final before and I've supported Brisbane for over 20 years,
01:14so I'd love to see them win tomorrow. Yes.
01:16How hopeful are you?
01:17Oh, we've got it. We've got it sorted.
01:19I hope they win, but I'm not hopeful that they're going to win.
01:22I don't think they will, but, yeah, it'd be the dream if they did.
01:26Great. And how happy are you lucky Neal got off last night?
01:28Oh, yeah, extremely happy. Extremely happy.
01:32Yeah, just like from what we were reading with the blogs, it didn't look promising,
01:37but then all of a sudden on the news they just said he was free to play
01:39and we were just like, oh, cool, yes, no worries.
01:42Now, once the parade finishes, there will be a captain's training inside the MCG,
01:47but I think it's safe to say for both Frio and Lions fans,
01:51the party has already started as preparations and the energy just continues to grow
01:55for the big game tomorrow.
