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Posted: 2024-09-25 03:41:44

For years now the Geelong Cats have been turning heads with their end-of-season costumes.

Originally part of Mad Monday — and now Wacky Wednesday as they take a little more time to wind down — Geelong's reputation is such that Getty Images sends a snapper out to catch all the action as the players head to the event.

This year it was no different.

While some outfits don't take much explaining, others require a little bit of background. Some, we'll completely honest, we don't know what to make of them.

Here's the best of Geelong's Wacky Wednesday for 2024.

Tom Hawkins as Anthony Ammirati

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Tom Hawkins arrives at the Wharf Shed dressed as French athlete Anthony Ammirati. (Getty Images: Morgan Hancock)

The retiring Cats champion could have been mistaken for any old French athlete from the Paris Olympics, but the pole through the front of his shorts is a decent clue that he's channelling Anthony Ammirati.

Ammirati made headlines during Paris 2024 not for his success, but for the way he failed to get over the bar in the pole vault.

We'll leave it at that, but if you need any more explanation on what happened, ABC Entertainment's Velvet Winter has you covered.

Bruhn, Blicavs and Holmes as McLure, Reid and Cleary

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Max Holmes, Mark Blicavs and Tanner Bruhn arrive at the festivities. (Getty Images: Morgan Hancock)

This one requires a little bit more backgrounding.

Tanner Bruhn is dressed as journalist Sam McClure, Max Holmes looks uncanny as Channel 7's Mitch Cleary, and Mark Blicavs is playing the part of West Coast's number one draft pick Harley Reid.

Before the draft, McClure was unequivocal in a discussion with Cleary on a podcast that West Coast wouldn't take Reid with the number one draft pick because of the risk he would want to return home to Victoria at some point.

Ultimately he was wrong.

The Eagles did pick Reid, and the teenager starred.

For the footy nuffie, this is the costume choice that has probably earned the most laughs.

Jeremy Cameron as Russell Coight

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Jeremy Cameron poses as Russell Coight as he arrives for the party. (Getty Images: Morgan Hancock)

The Geelong spearhead has become well-known for posting videos from his Freshwater Creek farm online, and for being a bit of larrikin along the way.

So it's apt that Cameron rocked up as Australia's favourite fictional bushy, Russell Coight.

And honestly, the resemblance is uncanny.

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Glenn Robbins as Russell Coight.

Here's hoping Cameron avoids in the off-season the sort of tumbles Coight often finds himself in. 

The best of the rest

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Tom Stewart and Jack Henry arrive as Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr from the comedy movie Talladega Nights.   (Getty Images: Morgan Hancock)

Whacky Wednesday

Mitch Hardie and Shannon Neale rock up as Happy Gilmore and his caddy from the Adam Sandler movie from the 1990s.       (Getty Images: Morgan Hancock)

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Jhye Clark, Ted Clohesy, Shaun Mannagh, Joe Furphy, George Stevens and Mitch Knevitt turn up in what we believe is an ode to the TV show Prison Break. (Getty Images: Morgan Hancock)

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Ruckman Rhys Stanley pays tribute to Geelong's retiring Irishman Zach Tuohy.       (Getty Images: Morgan Hancock)

Connor O'Sullivan

Connor O'Sullivan (front) and Mitch Edwards (back) arrive as the characters from Dumb & Dumber. (Getty Images: Morgan Hancock)

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