Conditions are perfect tonight, both teams are limber and ready to rumble and the atmosphere around the ground is electric and play is imminent.
Before tonight's action gets under way, a quick moment of pause for one of the great gentleman of the Australian media, legendary Melbourne photographer Terry Phelan, who woke from the dream of life yesterday surrounded by family.
Sydney coach John Longmore will back his side's ability to finish strongly but I'm sure his heart wouldn't mind a fast start for a change.
Aside from his magnificent eye for an image and instincts for a story, Terry was an empath, a man deeply attuned to the energies and emotions of the public he served so wonderfully over four decades in journalism.
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