5. Steele Sidebottom has always been an excellent footballer, but this year he has gone up another level. He was on right from the start of last night’s clash at the G, playing with his usual class plus the physicality finals requires.

6. The Giants have a lot of soul-searching to do. The most talented list in the competition, bar none, but they still haven’t made a Grand Final. Something needs to shift at that club before their best like Dylan Shiel and Josh Kelly walk out the door.

7. Speaking of Shiel, he needs to seriously address his disposal issues to be the player he should be. Burnt the ball last night like to other.

8. Jeremy Howe has been taking the most incredible marks for so long now we’re starting to get a historical perspective on the sort of player he is. They don’t come around very often and by the end of his career he could well be considered the most incredible aerialist the game has ever seen, if he isn’t already.