The September Club is to the AFL grand final what the Birdcage is to spring racing at Flemington, what O is to the Australian Open, and what the Paddock Club is to the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix – a corporate hospitality showcase that allows Melburnians to do what they do best … enjoy a fabulous sporting adjacent day out on someone else’s dime.

While grand final tickets are notoriously difficult to secure, a ticket inside the small village of corporate marquees next to the MCG in Yarra Park is even trickier.

The AFL does not host an official after-party but the September Club is clearly its domain. Its black-framed multistorey clubhouse dominates the encampment, where top AFL sponsors and media partners, including NAB, CUB, Channel Seven and SEN, wine and dine guests before, during

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