It's football's night of nights.
The Brownlow rewards the brilliance of a given season, but the Australian Football Hall of Fame rewards the brilliance of a given career. Everywhere you turn, heroes from bygone eras are mingling with more recently retired phenoms.
With so much footballing acumen in the one place, I sought to find out just who some of these greats are tipping to win it all on the last day in September.
Nathan Buckley (Geelong)
With hands somewhat tied given his current coaching role, Buckley took a tongue-in-cheek approach to the question of flag favouritism.
"It's definitely Geelong," the Collingwood champion smirked to Zero Hanger.
The 2003 Brownlow Medallist was philosophical about what the night meant to him.
"It's more about the game itself. The thing I love about the nights like tonight is you hear the backstories from the champions of yesteryear - either a decade or ago or four or five decades ago - and the story behind the performance is what's interests me. So, I've found that these are great nights for that."
