Justin Peckett has opened up on the devastation of St Kilda’s gut-wrenching defeat to Adelaide in 1997 Grand Final.
The Saints were overrun by the Crows, eventually going down by 31 points in what was their first Grand Final appearance since 1971.
It was a bitterly disappointing day for the success-starved club, having finished the home and away season as minor premiers.
“I’ve never watched it since. I try not to talk about it too much,” Peckett told This is Your Sporting Life - for Tobin Brothers Funerals - celebrating lives.
“My memories going into the day was one of super excitement and then it became an absolute nightmare in that second half.
“When the siren blows it’s the worst experience that you’ve ever had, so you get all of that in the one day.
“As the game was unfolding in that second half in particular, you get the sense that this is it, we’re done, it’s devastating.”
Peckett was ever-present down back for St Kilda, playing 252 games between 1992-2006.