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Denis Pagan, the ’96 and ’99 premiership coach, has just revved up the North huddle, which was enclosed by another huddle of Kangaroos legends including Wayne Carey, Adam Simpson, “Boomer” Harvey, Malcolm Blight, and countless others. Pagan seemed a little nervous as he ran through North’s history of survival and success.

He finishes by imploring the current North players to “put your bodies on the line”!

Here’s the full speech.

Oh, now Roaming Brian is grabbing some of the old players near the race for Channel Seven, including Ross Glendinning, Jason McCartney and AFLW premiership coach Darren Crocker.

Here are some scenes from earlier, inside the rooms.