They may have missed out on the AFL final, but Geelong is an early contender for this year’s Mad Monday award dressed and fairest.
The reigning Prime Ministers officially stepped out of contention following their loss to St Kilda in the penultimate round of the competition, with a trio of players undergoing surgery during the week.
That gave the Cats players plenty of time to come up with costume ideas and they absolutely nailed it, reenacting some of the most controversial moments of the AFL season.
Perhaps the most controversial scenes this year took place at Adelaide Oval, when Crows star Ben Keays kicked what he thought was the winning goal against Sydney, but was denied by the goal umpire, who was slapped for not allowing a replay of the shot. had checked.
Had the goal been awarded, the Crows would have made it to the Finals.
Geelong players hilariously reenacted that scene, with Tom Hawkins and Cameron Guthrie dressing up as goalposts, while Isaac Smith donned the Adelaide guernsey to play the part of Keays.
Isaac Smith dressed up as Ben Keays for Mad Monday and reenacted the infamous major against Sydney, which was wrongly denied by the goal umpire
Tom Hawkins and Cameron Guthrie dressed up as goal posts for Mad Monday to recreate ‘that’ goal kick from the recent Adelaide Crows v Sydney Swans game
No, no goal, touched – Cats legend Billy Brownless plays the role of the goal umpire who failed to judge Keays’ kick against Sydney
Club legend Billy Brownless played the goal umpire and declined to review the kick that ended Adelaide’s season.
Another hilarious touch was Gryan Miers dressed as Argentina’s World Cup winning captain Lionel Messi.
Earlier this year, a fake account posing as veteran announcer Gerard Whateley had praised Miers, comparing him to the Argentine great.
Gryan Miers is to AFL what Leo Messi is to football. Messi may score more goals, but Miers scans the field just as well. Maybe even better than Messi,” the report said.
That led to the real Whateley deluxe blowing up and demanding fans to stop sharing the post on social media.
“I never said this and it should be removed,” he wrote.
Max Holmes (left) and Gryan Miers as Gerard Whateley and Lionel Messi from the infamous Twitter moment from earlier in the season
Shannon Neale (left) and Mitch Hardie arrive as Ted Lasso and his assistant Coach Beard from the hit television show
Tanner Bruhn, Toby Conway and Mitch Knevitt travel back in time with their costumes for Mad Monday
Rhys Stanley dressed as Goose with Patrick Dangerfield (right) as Maverick from the hit 1980s movie Top Gun starring Tom Cruise
The gang all come in, dressed as various Harry Potter characters, Batman and Robin and more, for their end-of-season celebrations
On the SEN broadcast, he said, “It’s a strange world and I’m not sure how you’re supposed to protect yourself from it, but that quote is thrown around with my image, but those aren’t my words.
“Maybe you can stick it up for me, maybe you can respond to those who post it and tell them this is just a bogus quote,” he continued.
‘And if you know anything about it, perhaps you could tell me. Those are not my words and those posting this should remove it immediately.”
To complete the look, Max Holmes dressed up as Whateley, complete with his tweet asking for the post to be taken down.
Jack Riewoldt causes a storm on Richmond’s Mad Monday, taking a brutal shot at his old coach Damien Hardwick in the process
Patrick Dangerfield helps former Geelong skipper Joel Selwood out of retirement for their 2022 Mad Monday celebrations
A large number of Geelong players took to the surgery shops and make-up chair to dress up as vintage cars for their 2022 Mad Monday celebrations after being told they were too old to win a flag
Retiring champion Patrick Dangerfield arrived dressed as Maverick from Top Gun, as a host of players took on a Harry Potter theme.
It is the second year in a row that Geelong has dominated Mad Monday proceedings.
In 2022, a large number of players arrived as retirees after claiming they were too old to win the premiership.
Star striker Jeremy Cameron dressed up as a chicken and lost his premiership medal to a cow later that night.
Meanwhile, retired Richmond champion Jack Riewoldt has taken a brutal shot at his former coach Damien Hardwick at Punt Road in Melbourne.
He arrived dressed in full Gold Coast Suns regalia in honor of his former three-time premiership-winning mentor.