- AFL NewsEllie Blackburn Called Katie Brennan Up To The Podium After The Dogs Won The AFLW Grand Final
Ellie Blackburn Called Katie Brennan Up To The Podium After The Dogs Won The AFLW Grand Final
They've done a Bob Murphy!
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A tough week for Western Bulldogs AFLW captain Katie Brennan has ended with her in a similar spot as Bob Murphy in 2016 — called up to the podium to hold the premiership cup aloft.
Brennan was famously suspended for today’s grand final against Brisbane, with a tribunal hearing and an appeal both unable to get her suspension overturned.
The case is now being considered for a run in front of the Human Rights Commission, but that didn’t stop the game going ahead and the Dogs winning a thrilling contest 4.3 (27) to 3.3 (21).
In her speech as the winning captain, stand-in skipper Ellie Blackburn made a point of calling Brennan up to the stage to help lift the cup, the same way Murphy was called up in 2016 when he was injured.
Watch it here:
Brennan even whipped up her top to show off that she was running her game guernsey underneath:
It’s the Dogs’ second flag in 18 months after their drought-breaking triumph in the men’s comp in 2016.