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‘Envy of the world’: Global frenzy over ‘unreal’ AFL crowd at MCG – Yahoo Sport Australia
The MCG hosted the largest crowd in the southern hemisphere since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
Over 51,000 fans showed up at the MCG for Collingwood’s clash with Carlton. Image: Jonathan Brown/Twitter
It may not have set the world record for largest crowd since the COVID-19 pandemic, but the massive gathering of fans at the MCG on Thursday night sparked a global frenzy.
Some 51,723 fans turned out at the MCG for Collingwood’s clash with Carlton in the AFL – the biggest for any sporting fixture in the southern hemisphere since the shutdown of sport last year.
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