When Collingwood host North Melbourne in front of a sell-out crowd at Marvel Stadium on Friday night, it will be some 2534 days between prime-time, Friday night fixtures in Victoria for the Kangaroos.
It's unfathomable, really, given the men in royal blue and white were the architects of the concept in its current form, some 40-odd years ago.
A lot has changed in footy, and life as we know it, since the Kangas last ran out onto the Docklands' carpet with the eyes of the landscape affixed to them, courtesy of the marquee time slot.
Take a look at just what has changed in the time since the Kangaroos faced the Hawks in August of 2019.
3. Gillon, not Dillon, was top dog
It's also safe to say that Andrew Dillon's tenure helming the nation's biggest sporting code has hardly been a glittering one.
But following in the footsteps of the suave Gillon McLachlan was always going to be a poisoned chalice.
Last time North were faced with the exposure they'll receive tonight, Gillon and his perfectly manicured flow were fielding the curly ones, and with aplomb, too.
