78,113 attend Australian Rules match to set pandemic record

[ASFN Admin]

More than 78,000 Australian Rules football fans crowded the Melbourne Cricket Ground Sunday to watch an Australian Football League match between Collingwood and Essendon — the biggest crowd for a sports event since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The annual ANZAC Day match is one of the traditional highlights of the AFL season, when sport combines with a solemn national commemoration. The match did not take place last year because of the pandemic and crowds since have been down on previous years.

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