The AFL overlord’s final week in charge saw him make so many personal appearances it rivalled Dame Nellie Melba’s farewell tour.
known to all by the unflattering moniker of “Dills”.
The execs gently roasted their outgoing overlord for his obsessive use of PCR and RAT tests and patrolling of the pool deck to enforce social distancing in the Gold Coast hub during the 2020 COVID season, and for his love of a celebrity encounter.Delta Goodremat a Western Bulldogs game. McLachlan was lauded for his care for his staff and for steering football through the pandemic. “Footy will find a way,” was McLachlan’s mantra.
McLachlan officially embraces his new life as a has-been on Monday at 5pm. Before then is the AFL grand final luncheon, and then he’ll take his seat among more than 100,000 of his nearest and dearest gathered at the MCG in time for the first bounce on Saturday.
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