{"id":893001,"date":"2026-09-15T15:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893001\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:20:14","slug":"brad-close-marries-grace-ballinger-at-melbourne-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893001\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Close marries Grace Ballinger at Melbourne Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

It wasn\u2019t the Mad Monday fans are used to seeing from the Geelong but a couple of star Cats marked the end of the season by getting hitched and stitched. <\/p>\n

Brad Close tied the knot with Grace Ballinger at Melbourne Town Hall. <\/p>\n

The newlyweds announced the nuptials on Instagram: \u201cMarried officially. Legal part done, now we wait for the main event \u2026 see you in Italy for the wedding\u201d. <\/p>\n

The post drew responses from the Cats\u2019 inner circle, Joel Selwood posted two love heart emojis, Mitch Duncan\u2019s wife Demi wrote, \u201ccongrats guys\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Cameron congratulated the happy couple, as did Bailey Smith in his ususal style: \u201cF**k yeah\u201d.<\/p>\n

Smith must have been sending his well wishes from his hospital bed following a right shoulder reconstruction.<\/p>\n

He posted a video with his arm in a sling and asked for TV series recommendations. <\/p>\n

The Cats said Smith\u2019s operation was due to a \u201cchronic shoulder complaint he has managed all season.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s expected to start pre-season training with the group and return to contact training early in 2027.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not the only Geelong player to need medical attention following their season-ending loss to Fremantle on September 11. <\/p>\n

Cameron will also undergo revision surgery on his right forearm later this week. <\/p>\n

Mitch Edwards will undergo a minor arthroscopic procedure on his right knee.<\/p>\n

Rhys Stanley will undergo scans this week on a suspected pectoral injury sustained during Geelong\u2019s VFL Preliminary Final on Sunday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a far cry from the Mad Monday and Wacky Wednesday celebrations of the past. <\/p>\n

The Geelong Football Club banned the end-of-year celebrations after last year\u2019s antics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Max Holmes dressed up as journalist Caroline Wilson and Smith<\/a> posted \u201cCaro has never looked better\u201d followed by a drip emoji. <\/p>\n

Smith was flipping the bird in the photo. <\/p>\n

There was also a photo of Patrick Dangerfield and Smith posted with a reference to the Brokeback Mountain movie.<\/p>\n

The football club apologised at the time saying \u201ccertain costumes and social media posts were inappropriate\u201d. <\/p>\n

At the time, the AFL\u2019s executive general manager of football performance Greg Swann said the league was \u201cnot thrilled\u201d.<\/p>\n

While the usual Mad Monday festivities won\u2019t go ahead, a more low-key end-of-year celebration is believed to be planned for next week.<\/p>\n

At the time, the AFL\u2019s executive general manager of football performance Greg Swann said the league was \u201cnot thrilled\u201d.<\/p>\n

While the usual Mad Monday festivities won\u2019t go ahead, a more low-key end-of-year celebration is believed to be planned for next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It wasn\u2019t the Mad Monday fans are used to seeing from the Geelong but a couple of star…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[462311,462317,462326,462318,462335,462327,462336,377373,462321,402924,462330,462322,382185,433514,462323,462349,452325,417655,376594,411604,42255,41157,3200,462314,462324,462316,119966,462338,462312,10992,13658,462351,462331,43,405681,417409,462352,462334,462313,462341,4082,88842,1202,2328,12141,20865,462350,45755,386388,462353,416641,462337,39237,241342,184150,44,51485,462315,251389,462340,11330,457744,462339,129167,45026,13477,91229,462347,462319,462332,379302,396853,462329,112480,215379,462344,462346,438727,384223,462320,144284,280721,462328,462343,44603,381162,435484,462342,383433,382187,295305,356269,376539,462345,435459,462325,199184,41,39,42,40,1542,462348,462333],"class_list":["post-893001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-s-antics-max-holmes","tag-s-executive-general-manager","tag-s-operation","tag-s-vfl-preliminary-final","tag-s-wife-demi","tag-2027-he","tag-a-chronic-shoulder-complaint","tag-a-couple","tag-a-drip-emoji","tag-a-far-cry","tag-a-minor-arthroscopic-procedure","tag-a-more-low-key-end-of-year-celebration","tag-a-photo","tag-a-reference","tag-a-right-shoulder-reconstruction","tag-a-right-shoulder-reconstruction-he","tag-a-sling","tag-a-suspected-pectoral-injury","tag-a-video","tag-all-season","tag-bailey-smith","tag-brad-close","tag-cameron","tag-caro","tag-certain-costumes","tag-congrats-guys","tag-congratulations","tag-fk-yeah","tag-football-performance-greg-swann","tag-fremantle","tag-geelong","tag-geelong-stars","tag-grace-ballinger","tag-headlines","tag-his-arm","tag-his-hospital-bed","tag-his-right-forearm","tag-his-right-knee-rhys-stanley","tag-his-ususal-style","tag-his-well-wishes","tag-hospital","tag-inner-circle","tag-instagram","tag-italy","tag-jeremy-cameron","tag-joel-selwood","tag-journalist-caroline-wilson-and-smith","tag-last-year","tag-later-this-week","tag-legal-part","tag-medical-attention","tag-melbourne-town-hall","tag-mitch-duncan","tag-mitch-edwards","tag-multiple-players","tag-news","tag-next-week","tag-next-week-at","tag-off-season-surgery","tag-patrick-dangerfield-and-smith","tag-pre-season-training","tag-responses","tag-revision-surgery","tag-scans","tag-september-11","tag-smith","tag-social-media-posts","tag-star-cats","tag-sunday-it","tag-teammate-bailey-smith","tag-the-afl","tag-the-bird","tag-the-brokeback-mountain-movie-the-football-club","tag-the-cats","tag-the-end","tag-the-end-of-year-celebrations","tag-the-geelong","tag-the-geelong-football-club","tag-the-group","tag-the-happy-couple","tag-the-knot","tag-the-league","tag-the-mad-monday-and-wacky-wednesday-celebrations","tag-the-mad-monday-fans","tag-the-main-event","tag-the-newlyweds","tag-the-nuptials","tag-the-only-geelong-player","tag-the-past","tag-the-photo","tag-the-post","tag-the-season","tag-the-time","tag-the-usual-mad-monday-festivities","tag-the-wedding","tag-their-season-ending-loss","tag-this-week","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-training","tag-tv-series-recommendations","tag-two-love-heart-emojis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}