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Need some Sunday afternoon reading? (In between the footy, presumably). This one’s from Danny Russell and Stephen Brook:

The afterglow of Collingwood’s premiership glory was barely dimming in when it dawned on Darcy Moore that he was about to be inundated with invitations and opportunities.

As the erudite skipper of a flag-winning mega-club, he knew he would be offered a torrent of invites, tickets, ambassador roles, advertising deals and opening-night red carpets.

So the forward-thinking Moore decided to jump ahead of the curve. He sat down with his manager, James Pitcher, in October and made it clear that he did not want to overcommit.

“Darcy has probably said no to a lot of stuff,” Pitcher says.

“He is quite smart in terms of you win the flag, everyone is off, life seems easy, you haven’t got your day-to-day commitments, so you can easily agree to things and then overbook yourself.”

Moore was not the only Magpie in high demand following the premiership success.

PR departments were quick to grasp the pulling power of the well-mannered Daicos brothers, Josh and Nick, the mature qualities of Scott Pendlebury, as well as the unique backstory of the inimitable big Yank, American Mason Cox.

For players and PR agents it was a two-way street: free tickets equalled free publicity. The pin-up boys would turn up, post and publicise events.

Read the full piece here.