AFL grand final LIVE: AFL grand final LIVE: Footy fans clash with Snoop Dogg’s security as they get their phones confiscated amid secrecy over his MCG entrance

By SHAYNE BUGDEN, SPORTS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA

Updated: 23:13 EDT, 26 September 2025

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Footy fans have a run-in with Snoop’s security

With the rapper getting ready for the game in a campervan just outside the MCG (pictured below), instead of a green room inside the ground, fans have been trying to get pics and videos of the hip-hop legend – and his security guards aren’t happy.

Supporters have reportedly had their phones taken off them by Snoop’s minders, who have deleted footage and images from them.

The Gin & Juice rapper’s campervan is parked next to a makeshift fence on Brunton Avenue, which runs right alongside the G, and he has been popping out for the occasional appearance with VIPs.

Screens will be set up so he can walk into the ground unseen by the public for his pre-game performance, which begins at 1.43pm.

Chris Fagan reveals his pre-match motivational speech

The Lions boss has given fans a sneak peek at what he’ll be saying to the players just before they run out.

He’ll be speaking about Jarrod Berry (pictured below with Fagan), who made the amazing call to stand aside for the grand final after dislocating his shoulder.

Fagan said ‘brotherhood is one of our strong values at the club’ and Berry’s selfless decision goes right to the heart of that.

Dangerfield rocks up

The Cats skipper (pictured below with Rhys Stanley), fresh from his stunning performance in the prelim against Hawthorn, has arrived, with his teammates also off the bus and the Lions on the way.

Both teams are staying very close to the MCG but the vast majority of them get the bus instead of walking, for security reasons.

Fans rock up in force

There’s a sea of hoops on the way into the MCG…

Snoop Dogg turns down a green room at the MCG and hangs out in a campervan instead

The rapper is holed up in a big RV just outside the MCG instead of being housed in a green room at the ground, like previous stars who’ve given the pre-game performance at the grandy.

A picture has surfaced showing Snoop’s vehicle parked next to the ground, just behind a makeshift fence.

Snoop performed a set at St Kilda’s famous Hotel Esplanade on Thursday night (pictured below), and put in another set at the Ms Collins nightclub last night.

Bailey Smith’s early appearance raises eyebrows

Channel Seven has just broadcast footage of Smith arriving at the MCG, without his speed dealer sunnies, three and a half hours ahead of the first bounce. Their vision didn’t show any teammates with him and it’s unclear if he rocked up with any fellow Cats.

‘Has he got the time wrong?’ Geelong great Cameron Ling said on Seven’s coverage, with other panel members also scratching their heads over his arrival.

Mystery over Lachie Neale

It’s been widely reported that Neale, who is under an injury cloud with a bung thigh muscle, will be the Lions’ starting substitute – but Brisbane footy boss Danny Daly has just been on Melbourne radio saying that the club ‘haven’t made a decision yet’.

Cryptic sign Tammy Hembrow still has Bailey Smith on her mind

The fitness influencer’s romance with the Cats star appears to be over and she didn’t accompany him to the Brownlow Medal – but she put up this image of a cat’s face drawn in the sand on her Instagram just a few minutes ago.

From the looks of her other posts this morning, she’s enjoying the beach with her kids in Queensland instead of making a last-minute dash to see him try to win his first grand final at the MCG.

Will this Geelong fan visit his tattooist on Monday?

Cats fanatic Lochie Keats got the below ink when his side smashed Sydney in the 2022 decider after making a bet with a mate over a few beers – and he has promised to get an update on Monday if Patrick Dangerfield leads the side to a win this afternoon.

Deputy PM Richard Marles gets up to mischief while Albo is away

Marles is a hardcore Cats fan and he didn’t hold back at the grand final breakfast, where he’s filling in for Albo while the PM is overseas.

‘With the confidence of knowing that the actual prime minister right now is on the other side of the planet – and I very much hope that he is asleep and not watching – I hereby declare that the federal government is giving its full and official support to the Geelong Football Club today,’ he told the crowd.

‘There are those who have said to me that really, in matters such as this it’s more appropriate that the federal government remains impartial. But bugger that, this is a moment for partisan tribalism because Geelong represents everything that is right and good in this world, and Brisbane… well, Brisbane is just Brisbane.’

Today’s schedule

9:35am: Under-18s AFL Future Stars curtain-raiser match 
1:30pm: Opening act: Baker Boy, Emma Donovan and Kee’ahn
1:33pm: Toyota HiLux Lap of Legends
1:37pm: Mike Brady performs Up There Cazaly
1:43pm: Pre-Game show featuring Snoop Dogg with Tash Sultana and Baker Boy
2:09pm: Ball delivery
2:11pm: Umpire entry
2:13pm: Geelong Cats entry
2:16pm: Brisbane Lions entry
2:24pm: Delivery of the 2025 AFL Premiership Cup by Jack Riewoldt
2:25pm: Welcome to Country performed by Uncle Colin Hunter Jnr 
2:26pm: National anthem by Vera Blue
2:28pm: Coin toss 
2:30pm: Grand final starts

Fans queued up at the crack of dawn

Think you’re keen for the first bounce? How about these ticketholders, who were jam-packed into a snaking queue outside the G long before the rest of the country woke up this morning.

Footy legend hits out at grand final music

Dual premiership player Corey McKernan isn’t happy with the AFL reportedly allowing goal songs in the decider, such as Lions gun Charlie Cameron’s famous Take Me Home, Country Roads, replying with a simple ‘Why’ when the news broke.

The move has divided fans online, with some saying the game is becoming too American, or the songs are being played to manufacture atmosphere on a day when thousands of fans, especially in the corporate boxes, won’t be supporting either team.

Others have no issue with it, like one who wrote, ‘Because people like fun, Corey.’

Why some fans think the premiership has already been decided

There’s a superstition that whichever captain lets go of the premiership cup last during the grand final parade will lead his team to victory – and yesterday, that man was Brisbane’s Lachie Neale.

Last year, Sydney’s Dane Rampe let go first. In 2023, Collingwood skipper Darcy Moore held on a bit longer than Lions co-captain Harris Andrews.

‘It’s haunted me all off-season, to be honest,’ Andrews said as the 2024 season started.

‘Collingwood made a big deal about holding the cup, being the last one to let go at the grand final parade. It was a little awkward up on the stage because we’re sort of both standing there and I’m not really sure what’s happening.’

G’day and welcome

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