As Hugh McCluggage lined up for the Brisbane Lions’ controversial winning goal against Hawthorn in the AFL preliminary final at the MCG on Saturday, publican Kane Tancredi had reason to be nervous.
He is a lifelong Lions fan after all, but there was more than just his mood riding on the kick. As the publican at Brisbane’s official pub in Melbourne, the Royal Derby in Fitzroy, he has over the last few years come to understand one thing about his hospitality business. When the Lions are in the big dance, his cash register sings.
