Richmond fans flock to Tigers' Punt Road base to cheer premiership heroes


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They came in their thousands, a sea of yellow and black. Many were still struggling to comprehend what they had witnessed at the MCG and on television screens less than 24 hours earlier.


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Tears streamed down Matthew Collins’ face as Richmond’s premiership team were presented to the ecstatic crowd at Punt Road oval on Sunday. 


He wasn’t the only one – the tears of the Tiger faithful fell all over Richmond’s spiritual home.


“I can’t believe it,” he said. “It’s the best thing since electricity.”


He flew down from Brisbane to watch the historic game, which ended Richmond’s 37-year premiership drought. 


Unfortunately he missed out in coveted tickets to the grand final but watched the game with thousands of Tigers fans at Punt Road. 


“It was Tiger heaven,” he said. “I want the whole week to go again, I’m still struggling to comprehend that we were in the grand final and then we won the thing.” 


Matthew Collins.


Matthew Collins. Photo: Henrietta Cook


Cheers erupted from the crowd as each of the 22 premiership players made their appearance alongside the gleaming cup. 


“I just worried about that cup right there,” Richmond star Dustin Martin told the jubilant crowd. 


Nursing sore heads from the previous night’s celebrations, thousands of Tigers fans flocked to Punt Road on Sunday morning to watch a replay of Richmond’s historic grand final win on large screens.


Many had only had a few hours sleep. But that didn’t dampen their enthusiasm, with cheers erupting from the crowd every time one of their beloved players took a mark or kicked a goal.


“I’m running on adrenalin,” Andrew Ferraro said. The 45-year-old was among the thousands of people who took part in Saturday night’s impromptu premiership party on nearby Swan Street, which brought the inner-city street to a halt.


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