North Melbourne held fast to beat a strong-finishing Geelong last night in a semi-final thriller. The Kangaroos are the first side this AFL finals series to upset the favourite, booking themselves a preliminary final berth next weekend. It’s footy finals fever time in Melbourne – a fantastic time of the year (not so good if you don’t care about footy). Just 2 weekends to go til the Big One. Can’t wait, while at the same time, trying to savour every moment before it’s all over for another year. I move that instead of cricket this summer, channel 7 takes over & replays AFL full games & highlights round-by-round for the entire 2014 season. Here’s the highlights package from last night.

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