Tigers family pounces on final tickets
I’M EXCITED, I LIKE THAT THERE’S A LOT OF NOISE WATCHING THE GAME IN PERSON ARCHER ATKINS
LOCAL Tigers fan Richard Atkins said the hefty AFL Grand Final ticket price was worth every cent to seethes miles on his sons’ faces.
L ac hie ,13, and Archer ,10, will fly to Brisbane with their dad today to see their favourite Richmond players face off against Gee long tomorrow night.
Archer has seen a few AFL games before, enjoying chips and calamari from the stadium seats, but he has never been to a grand final. “I’m excited, I like that there’s a lot of noise watching the game in person,” hesaid.
Archer, who also plays for the Sandy Bay Lions, feels“pretty confident” the Tigers will win this weekend at the G abba.
He said he looked forward to seeing Dust in Martin and Nathan Broad on the field this Saturday.
Richard Atkins said scoring tickets to a grand final was normally“almost impossible ”.
“The Victorians are locked out now, that’ s how we got tickets ,” he said.
The father felt hopeful the yellow and black would pull through and was keeping a close eye on the weather forecast.
“It’ s supposed to be wet and that’ s certainly in Richmond’ s favour, so we’ re hoping for rain ,” he said.
“Pour and pour, we don’ t care, just bring it on.”
The AFL Grand Final kick-off is scheduled for 7.30 pm this Saturday, just two days before Tasmania’ s borders re open to allstate sand territories excluding N SW and Victoria.