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CFS storiesSinead Halliday | The inclement weather rolls in around mid-afternoon. The way that Glastonbury gets muddy, that’s akin to the middle of the ground as the seniors team squelch in.

Everything gets heavier in the wet. The old woollen jumper fibres absorb the water and cling and bounce with a thud on the skin like water on a trampoline.

Lifting the legs requires more effort as the boots sink down making carved out shapes in the dirt and clay, in these landscapes where digging has long been a thing, when gold and hope and possibility are but moments away. This is Ned Kelly country and in any weather the locals buck up and play. It’s not always pretty but there’s something poetic about the show going on, even when darkness encroaches just as the siren rings out, the last quarter has begun. 

Country footy in regional Victoria is one of sensory experiences. 

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