Close on enjoying the week off

That is a pretty easy question, I will be on the golf course tomorrow which will be nice.

It is nice to put the feet up, I think it definitely does settle the nerves a little bit.

Last week with the bye heading into the Final, it gave us a lot of time to prep for the game.

There is probably a bit less time to think about the opposition anyway, which sort of helps as well. 

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Close on the leaders in the big moments

I think Scotty obviously leads the way with a lot of things like that, he tries to keep the boys at the right level.

We have got so many good senior players as well, lead by Pat [Dangerfield] and Tom Stewart as well who are really good in those sort of moments.

They definitely did that on Friday night. 

Close on the array of goal kickers

We spoke about that this morning, it was really pleasing to spread the load.

Obviously with the season Jeremy [Cameron] has had, it is nice to have other options as well.

It was just a good team effort I think, everyone played their role when they needed to. 

Close on Jeremy Cameron's impact

He started the game really well on the weekend, and got us a few early goals on the board which set us up well.

He competes really well ahead of the play.

When you look back at the footage, you can see a lot of times he takes a number of players with him to open it up for some of us smalls as well.

It is massive for us. 

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 05: Brad Close of the Cats celebrates a goal during the AFL Second Qualifying Final match between the Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 05, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos)

Close on the learnings from last year

I guess the disappointment of last year adds even more hunger.

We have been in Grand Finals and Prelim's before, it doesn't change.

It is where you want to be every year, so we are real keen to attack it in two weeks time.