Cats' beautiful Ablett gesture for grand final

Geelong skipper Joel Selwood has revealed that the lad of Cats fable Gary Ablett Jr volition tally retired done the banner with the squad successful Saturday's AFL expansive final.

Selwood volition tally retired successful an AFL-record 40th last erstwhile Geelong takes connected Sydney successful the decider, with the Cats hoping to triumph their archetypal premiership since 2011.

Speaking connected SEN, Selwood revealed that Ablett's lad Levi would beryllium joining him connected the ground.

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"I'll fto you successful connected a small secret, his son's going to tally retired with maine time which is beauteous special," Selwood said.

"I deliberation it's lone just that an Ablett is performing connected Grand Final time and it's Gaz's crook to cheer connected his small son. That'll beryllium beauteous peculiar for the Ablett household but besides the Geelong faithful."

Ablett, pictured present with his lad Levi, retired astatine the extremity of the 2020 play (Instagram)

Geelong's past travel to the large creation successful 2020 was the last crippled successful Ablett's illustrious career, with the Cats incapable to springiness their fable a fairytale decorativeness aft being overrun by Richmond.

"It's an important day. When Gary went retired of the crippled it was beauteous hard," Selwood recalled.

"We were up northbound and our fans astir apt haven't got to convey him and the household enough, truthful we thought that it was conscionable a small benignant motion we could nonstop their way."

Ablett's lad was diagnosed with a uncommon degenerative unwellness astatine birth, with his woman Jordan revealing earlier this twelvemonth that the unwellness had near her lad incapable to communicate.

Selwood said the motion was 1 to convey Ablett and his household aft being incapable to bash truthful decently successful 2020 (Getty)

The antheral who past lifted the premiership cupful arsenic Geelong captain, Cameron Ling, volition beryllium connected manus to contiguous the cupful to Selwood if the Cats are palmy connected Saturday.

Ling, who played alongside Ablett and Selwood successful the 2007 and 2009 premiership wins, was near affectional by the quality that Ablett's lad would beryllium moving retired with the team.

"That's fantastic … that's brilliant, it's fixed maine goosebumps," helium said.

"The Ablett household is celebrated astatine the Cats, we cognize that, but Gary and Jordan are conscionable beauteous people."

The AFL expansive last volition get underway astatine 2.30pm AEST connected Saturday astatine the MCG, with Geelong aiming to triumph its 10th VFL/AFL premiership. Sydney is aiming for its 5th flag.

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