It’s a setting AFL fans will have to get used to.
Due to the coronavirus crisis, Richmond and Carlton ran out to an empty and eerie MCG for the 2020 season opener.
The theme songs for both clubs echoed inside the stadium with no banners, cheer squads or fans in attendance.
“It’s a season opener like never before,” Gerard Whateley told AFL Nation.
The AFL decided on Wednesday night that all matches will continue as scheduled behind closed doors.
Watch Carlton enter an empty MCG and all the reaction in the links below
Truly bizarre scenes at the MCG 😳 #AFLTigersBlues
— SEN 1116 (@1116sen) March 19, 2020
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This is the most bizarre shit I’ve ever seen! #AFLTigersBlues
— Mitch Robinson (@MitchRobinson05) March 19, 2020
Crazy #AFLTigersBlues pic.twitter.com/5sGIKaZlTX
— Michael Willson (@MichaelCWillson) March 19, 2020
Gil definitely made the wrong decision#AFLTigersBlues
— Andy Lee (@andy_lee) March 19, 2020
No disrespect intended.
— Stephen Quartermain (@Quartermain10) March 19, 2020
I’m glad there’s some footy on. But it’s hard to watch without fans. Soulless. #AFLTigersBlues
A few Carlton players have obviously put their hands up to be spectators tonight. #AFLTigersBlues
— Ryan Fitzgerald (@FitzySA) March 19, 2020
This is shit.. fans make the game
— Brendan Fevola (@BrendanFevola25) March 19, 2020
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