Intimate atmosphere provides fitting backdrop for epic encounter, raising the question of which venues best serve women’s sport
Believing at last, the North Melbourne fans stood up as one.
Their side had just stormed into the lead in the third quarter of the AFLW grand final against Brisbane. Under the sweeping roof of the Legends Stand at Ikon Park – the past-meets-future ground in Melbourne’s inner north – they popped up in bays, one after the other. Cheering, clapping, screaming. Bouncing like, well, Kangaroos.