The AFL’s official Origin match day function at Optus Stadium’s Victory Lounge saw politicians and business, football and media figures rub shoulders with greats of the game including Kevin Sheedy, Graham Moss, Robert Wiley and Simon Madden.

With Seven’s Ryan Daniels serving as MC, 250 guests enjoyed canapes and drinks before bouncedown including Premier Roger Cook, Eagles CEO Don Pyke and his Fremantle Dockers counterpart Simon Garlick, and outgoing AFL chairman Richard Goyder and wife Janine.