'Beautiful' moments typify Selwood legacy

Two moments from Saturday afternoon's AFL expansive final typify the benignant of antheral Joel Selwood is.

On 1 of the biggest days of his vocation - and with speculation implicit his aboriginal continuing - Selwood doubly took the clip to see others successful the festivities.

As Geelong were coming up the passageway to tally onto the field, nine legend Gary Ablett Jr was waiting with three-year-old lad Levi.

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Levi was diagnosed astatine commencement with a uncommon degenerative illness, which has near him with a "very abbreviated beingness expectancy".

"A beauteous touch," James Brayshaw said connected commentary for Seven, arsenic Selwood took Levi done the banner and onto the MCG.

"A champion that antheral (was) for the Cats, a premiership player. Father besides a champion. They bash those things truly well, Geelong."

Joel Selwood of the Cats celebrates with Cats caput waterboy Sam Moorfoot aft winning the 2022 AFL Grand Final lucifer betwixt the Geelong Cats and the Sydney Swans astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground connected September 24, 2022 successful Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/AFL Photos/via Getty Images) (via Getty Images)

Then aft the last siren, another tear-jerker.

Sammy Moorhood has been the club's caput waterboy connected their main grooming days for the past six seasons.

During the club's thigh of honour, Selwood recovered Sammy successful the beforehand enactment of the Cats cheer squad. He gave him a hug implicit the fence, earlier inviting him onto the ground.

Teammate Jeremy Cameron arrived connected the country a infinitesimal later, and enactment his premiership medal astir Sammy's neck.

He past joined the Cats for the remainder of the thigh of honour, earlier joining them successful the sheds.

Joel Selwood Levi Ablett participate the tract up of the expansive final. (via Getty Images)

Selwood is the league's inaugural Disability Inclusion Ambassador.

On Twitter, erstwhile national absorption person and NDIS curate Bill Shorten said Sammy's was the "sweetest" imagination Selwood made travel true. Even league fable Darrel Brohman described the infinitesimal arsenic "priceless".

Selwood told The Age successful August he'd archetypal met Sammy successful 2015.

"Sammy was moving successful our Cats bistro arsenic a volunteer. When we started processing the ground, the bistro closed," helium said.

"We past recruited Sam arsenic caput h2o lad connected our main grooming time and helium has ne'er looked backmost since. We stock a precise peculiar friendship, and I see him similar family. He has my backmost and I person his."

Sammy said helium considered each the Cats players his friends.

"I deliberation Joel is amazing. A large relation exemplary but besides a small spot cheeky. He treats maine similar a member and ever looks retired for me," helium said.

Selwood's show successful the expansive last against the Swans connected Saturday day was sensational. He had 26 disposals, 12 of which came successful the archetypal 4th wherever the Cats efficaciously won the match.

The question remains whether helium volition play again adjacent season.

"I'm the adjacent domino. The question volition get asked," helium told Seven aft the match.

"I won't marque that affectional determination conscionable yet but footy is truthful amusive and this radical is conscionable unbelievable but I'll fto you cognize erstwhile I bash marque it."

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AFL expansive last successful pictures: Joel Selwood's beauteous Ablett moment