Graham Perrett (Moreton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Last weekend was huge for Aussie Rules in Queensland, and Moreton in particular. The Sherwood Australian Rules club had its annual sign-on day over the Saturday and Sunday and their Brisbane Lions family fun day, which I had the good fortune to attend, on Saturday, which included a very special guest appearance by the players from the mighty Brisbane Lions.

Chris Dennis, the president of the Sherwood AFL club know how to put on a good show, and I thank him most sincerely for the invitation and for the hard work and organisation done by that club. It was a big project to take on, but it went off without a hitch.

I did not get too close to the Lions players because there were huge line-ups of kids looking for autographs, so I thought I would play it cool. But I noticed that the captain, Tom Rockliff, and many other players were signing selflessly for hours on end. Thank you to them for doing that, particularly for the Moreton kids.

I did get to say hello to their friendly maroon-clad mascot lion, Roy, who was doing an incredible job. It was a very, very warm day, so not a great day for a mascot—

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