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Geelong has found the perfect way to clap back at their doubters who claimed they were too old to win a premiership.
The Cats defied their ageing roster to put the Sydney Swans to the sword in the AFL grand final on Saturday, smashing them by 81 points and breaking an 11-year title drought.
As the players arrived to their Mad Monday celebrations at the Wharf Shed in Geelong they stepped out of a pensioners bus complete with grey hair, makeup and walking frames.
Patrick Dangerfield, 32, led out the Geelong contingent including by Isaac Smith, Shaun Higgins, Joel Selwood and Tom Hawkins that became the oldest average roster in VFL/AFL history to win a flag.
Some of the club's most senior players including Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood and Tom Hawkins took part in the gag, dressing as pensioners for Mad Monday celebrations
Joel Selwood of the Cats celebrates with a cup of tea after being helped from the bus by teammate Patrick Dangerfield as the team hilariously dressed as pensioners
The players weren't just dressed as the part, they fully played up to the 'too old, too slow' monicker as well.
Dangerfield helped his teammate Selwood off the bus, with the veteran superstar still unclear on
