With the rematch now on for next weekend, organisers have not gone public yet about who will be singing the anthem before the next game.
Cam shared his thoughts on the contest so far with The Epoch Times, describing Saturday as “a really fantastic experience.”
“We were worried about how we were going to handle the nerves,” he said. “But we managed to keep them under control and were pretty happy with our performance actually.”
Afterwards the family duo felt relieved to have made it through the memorable event successfully. “There’s something you can tell your grandchildren about,” Cam told Taylor.
Cam, Taylor and the rest of the fans watched excitedly as the match turned into an athletic crescendo.
Collingwood fans expected an easy win but St Kilda clawed their way back into the game and were ahead by 3 points at one stage. “They saw a little ray of light there and they just went for it,” said Cam.
As the end drew in sight, each team tried desperately to gain the upper hand. “It was electrifying the last five minutes. There was just so much tension you could feel it,” Cam said.
‘You’ve got to come back and do it again next week’
So when the dramatic match played out so closely with no final winner, Cam felt a lot of empathy for the players, rather like his own performance.
“You sort of feel ‘oh what a relief I’ve done it’ but then you think ‘I might have to do it again,’” he said, describing the preparation and nerves he went through for “just that one little minute.”
“You’ve got players that have just built up for this incredible event and then to say ‘you’ve got to come back and do it again next week.’ Man that’s incredible.”
For Cam on the sidelines, the sound of the siren was not a devastating blow like it was for the men on the pitch.
“I’m a Cat’s fan [Geelong FC]. I’d already gone through my disappointment the week before,” he said. “And when it finished at 68 apiece it was just this weird feeling that sort of went through the place.”
‘Like football limbo’
On Sunday afternoon there was not a Collingwood scarf in sight in Melbourne. “Collingwood knows that they really lost that game and they had their chances,” Cam explained.
“I think they could be a lot more depressed for the Saints—because the Saints were given a bit of a handout there and then managed to dominate and get back in and take full advantage of it.”
“But I think the Pies know they had a few pretty good opportunities to finish that game off and couldn’t capitalise.
So despite the draw, both teams were disappointed for different reasons. The Pies gave their opponents a chance to win, while the Saints were in front with a minute to go and lost theirs.
Cam thinks it fairly unlikely that he and Taylor will play again next weekend.
Meanwhile the heroes of the turf are already preparing for Saturday’s rematch with players and fans already anticipating who will be the outright winners.
His album Angel Without Wings is released Oct 2.
