MELBOURNE fans will have one last chance to celebrate the club’s historic 2021 AFL premiership when the flag is unfurled at the MCG in Round 1.

And the Demons’ President, Kate Roffey, is already looking forward to the clash with the Western Bulldogs.

“How extraordinary will it be for us to unfurl the flag,” Roffey said.

“It’s a Wednesday night game and that is unusual, but we said we definitely want it to be our first game against the Bulldogs.

“If we can get 30-odd thousand people to turn up to a fantastic replaying of the Grand Final here at the MCG I’m sure we will fill that ground on Wednesday.”

In an interview with Melbourne Media on Monday morning, Roffey urged fans to lock the date – March 16 – in their diaries and help create a special environment at the Dees’ spiritual home.

“Get down there,” she said.

“The men have been training incredibly hard.

“I know speaking to them post-Grand Final, pretty much when they got back from Perth they were into their own personal training.

“They just said 'there’s no point us having time off and having to get fit again', so they were all keen as mustard to get straight back into training in little groups or by themselves.

"And according to the coaches, they came back to formal training really fit and ready to go, focused on hopefully challenging well into the September ’22 period and maybe, just maybe, bringing home a premiership here at the MCG, which is something I know is driving the whole club and in particular the players.

“To do it at home is something that means so much to the club and the players and I know they’ll be giving it their best in 2022 to make the club incredibly proud once again.”

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