Five minutes to go and the result is beyond doubt, yet still there are nerves. A woman dressed in blue in her 40s stands behind the goals, long ago finished chewing her nails.
The Kangaroos lead the Lions by 29 and there she is, with an entire finger in her mouth, agitated eyes darting beneath anxious eyebrows. Her partner, standing atop a pile of Great Northern cans, draining another then starting on his final numbing tin.
