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Note to self: only surf clubs in the Gold Coast

In preparation for the weekend's big game, we asked AFL's (@afl) biggest stars at the 2026 Brownlow Medal Red Carpet the hard question: where is the best pub to watch the AFL Grand Final?

Reckon you know a better pub? Let us know in the comments 👇

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Transcript
00:00Oh Lord!
00:01Crawling to bed, pull the doona over myself and watch it on my phone on my own.
00:05The Bragalong Hotel, the local, it's an absolute classic.
00:08Mountain View, Richmond, if you can get up on the rooftop.
00:11Third thought I could go to the OBH because it's on the beach, it's an amazing ripper pub.
00:14They kept saying it's going to shut down every single year.
00:16The beer tastes weird because of the pipes apparently.
00:18In Melbourne, I really like going to The Standard in Fitzroy, love it.
00:21Melbourne pubs, maybe Union, Ryza, Spread Eagle.
00:26Crawling to bed, pull the doona over myself and watch it on my phone on my own.
00:29How to do that.
00:30It's good.
00:31Have it out of like a sippy bottle with a straw.
00:33Probably the London.
00:34It's on at your bar at the moment.
00:36Is it on at my, sorry, my bar.
00:38I'm up in the Goldie, so is there more surf clubs?
00:40We've only really got surf clubs.
00:42Well I'm up in the Goldie, so it's probably a surf club.
00:44The Miami Tavern's the best spot to watch it, yeah.
00:46Nobby's Surf Lifesaving Club, I'm a member there.
00:48Down in Melbourne, I like Mount Erecar or the Orrong, Orrong's pretty good.
00:52I'd say North Kira Surf Club.
00:55Yamba.
00:55Yeah, Yamba.
00:56It's called me Yamba.
00:57The Yamba Hotel.
00:58Each hotel in Yamba is incredible.
01:00Unreal.
01:00But I don't know if you get the atmosphere there, because it's in New South Wales.
01:03If you want atmosphere, I reckon the Great Northern.
01:05Spread Eagle could be good as well.
01:07Spread Eagle, yeah.
01:08The Rottnest Pub.
01:09Best pub.
01:10I like the College Lawn.
01:11The Social's pretty cool at the moment.
01:13Broken Hill Hotel.
01:14Big Park.
01:15Herth WA.
01:15Go and see it there.

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