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The Brisbane Lions' dressing rooms became ground zero for the biggest party in Australia after they blasted Geelong off the field in the second half to record their second straight grand final victory.
Darcy Wilmot appeared to be the ringleader before they even got off the playing surface of the MCG, stamping himself as an early favourite for best-off-ground honours when he grabbed the mic from Channel Seven's Hamish McLachlan during the medal presentation and bellowed, 'Yeah! You like that? Wooo!' to the 100,000-strong crowd.
Coach Chris Fagan got the customary bath when a bucket of sports drink was dumped over him before the team headed into the bowels of the MCG for a party that, if past grand finals are any guide, won't stop for several days.
Dayne Zorko took the job of banging the lid of the esky to keep rhythm when the side gathered to sing the team song, pretty much all of them sinking cans of their sponsor's product, XXXX beer.
Then Wilmot took centre stage once again after skipper Harris Andrews shooshed his teammates.
He pretended to use one of the cold cans as a mobile and shouted, 'Ayyo shawty, pick up the phone!' which kicked the celebrations into another gear as the room was showered with enough beer to keep the cleaners busy for the next week.
Cam Rayner (right, front) and his teammates cut loose in the dressing rooms after winning their second straight flag
The esky in the Brisbane sheds was getting through more disposals than the entire team did on the field
Dayne Zorko (bottom left) kept rhythm by smashing the lid of the makeshift beef fridge before Darcy Wilmot (left, standing) gave a full-throttle introduction to the team song
The premiers started off with 'we are the boys from Brisbane town' as they belted out the club tune, but they couldn't stay and savour the moment in the sheds for too long.
Their fans were eagerly waiting for them at Yarra Park, just outside the G, where the party was due to become far more public from 7.45pm.
On Sunday they're due to pay respects to their Fitzroy Lions roots by rocking up to the inner-Melbourne suburb, with some of them no doubt being a little sleep-deprived.
On the field, Charlie Cameron (four goals) and Will Ashcroft (32 disposals) starred when it mattered most in their ' 18.14 (122) to 11.9 (75) victory in front of 100,022 fans.
Father-son product Ashcroft was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as best afield in the season decider for the second straight year.
Co-captain Andrews and Zorko were brilliant in defence, as Brisbane rubber-stamped themselves as the most successful club this century with a fifth flag.
Geelong and Hawthorn have four each.
The Lions' latest success could be the making of a dominant period under Chris Fagan, similar to the Leigh Matthews-led premiership juggernaut of 2001-03.
The Lions are sponsored by XXXX beer, who might have to put on extra shifts at the brewery after Saturday night's festivities
Somewhere underneath that Gatorade waterfall is Lions coach Chris Fagan
Wilmot stamped himself as an early favourite for best-off-ground honours when he let fly on the mic during the medal presentation (pictured)
Fagan took over in 2017 when the Lions were at their lowest ebb and has since steered them to three straight grand finals and two flags.
'It's all about the culture,' Andrews said.
'We've got a really special group of guys, special staff. We wrap our arms around everyone.
'To see the adversity we've gone through this year and last year as well and to come out the other side, it's phenomenal.
'It's sort of dawning on me a little bit the journey we've been on since Fages got here ... it's awesome.'
Nothing split the two best sides in the competition in the first half, with scores locked at the main break for the first time in a grand final since 1909.
Brisbane gun Lachie Neale started as the sub on his early return from a calf injury and was activated for the second half, tallying 17 disposals, seven clearances and one goal.
The two-time Brownlow Medal winner slotted one of three crucial majors late in the third quarter - Cameron kicked the others - as the Lions seized control of a tight contest in the space of six minutes.
Geelong held the lead 18 minutes into the third term, but Brisbane kicked eight of the next nine goals to run away with the flag.
'I'm so proud of this group ... that performance was hard to describe,' Neale told Seven.
'When we're on, we're on. At halftime it certainly didn't look like it was going to be a result like that.
The Lions couldn't stay in the sheds for too long, as their ecstatic fans (pictured cheering on Kai Lohmann) were due to meet them in a park just outside the MCG
Zorko (left), Fagan (centre) and Rayner (right) will also pay tribute to the Fitzroy heart of the team when they visit the inner-Melbourne suburb on Sunday
'Maybe halfway through the last when we piled on a few, I was like, 'Oh my god, we're going to do it again'.'
The Lions played most of the second half a man down after Brandon Starcevich suffered concussion.
Hugh McCluggage (25 touches, four goals) and Jaspa Fletcher (29 touches) shone, and Zac Bailey had 1.6 to his name at one stage but finished with three majors.
Geelong speedster Max Holmes (33 disposals) and Ollie Dempsey (four goals) fought all day for the losing side.
Coleman Medal winner Jeremy Cameron was held goalless by Darcy Gardiner and struggled with a right arm injury after he was hurt under friendly fire from Cats captain Patrick Dangerfield.
It was Geelong's second loss from four grand finals under 15-year coach Chris Scott, and a third in seven deciders this century.
'To our guys, be proud and hold your heads up high,' Dangerfield said.
'We don't as Australians always celebrate those that come second all that well, but there's plenty to be proud of today.
'Beaten by a better side, but very proud of our team.'
