The Demons are in unfamiliar territory after registering their first finals win since 2006
We’ve all seen the Nathan Jones celebration embedded in pixels on Instagram by now. The one where he’s pumping both arms toward the crowd after nailing a crucial goal at the start of the final quarter. That goal sent Melbourne fans into convulsive celebrations. That goal marked a turning point in the Melbourne Football Club’s intriguing battle with finals obscurity. In a match marred by the Demons inability to convert opportunities and take the game away from the flat-footed Cats, the Jones goal delivered a telling blow that would be all the momentum they needed to seal the 29-point victory in Friday’s cut-throat elimination final.
Looking back at the first weekend of AFL finals, if there’s one defining moment that made us all pay attention, it was the Jones goal and subsequent Demons win that followed. It was the moment that the Demons pulled themselves out of football ambiguity and into an unfamiliar category: premiership contenders. It was the moment where the Demons would go on to record their first finals win since 2006.
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