Page 13: Western Bulldogs mascot Sid goes to stud

HE’S not just Sid the Bulldogs mascot, he is Sid the Stud. Sid is in the market for some “approved healthy bitches” and his page reads like a Tinder profile.

• Sid the Bulldog allowed to attend AFL Grand Final

HE’S not just Sid the Bulldogs mascot, he is Sid the Stud. The club’s British bulldog mascot is in the market for some “approved healthy bitches” and his page reads like a Tinder profile.

Swipe right — Sid the Bulldog is looking for love. Picture: Altered image

“Sid is an all-white solid healthy male with a great head! He has an amazing temperament which is evident when he has attended all Western Bulldogs events as the official mascot. He is placid and loves children and does not show any aggression with other dogs or kids.”

Sid’s service does not come cheap at $1500 a pop. But his Murlane owners say he already has plenty of progeny — and if the sons of the west triumph today, he may be in even greater demand. Go, Doggy!

MESSAGE OUT OF BOTTLE

SUPERSTAR STING, performing at the Grand Final today, appears to have been stung by a social media leak about a hit he will sing at the ’G.

British singer Sting. Picture: AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

The former Police frontman was jetting in from LA today, but a producer working on the set posted evidence of the preparation and accidentally left the lyrics on the teleprompter in the frame.

Those lyrics? “I hope that someone gets my ... message in a bottle.”

Well, Page 13 got the message.

Of course, Sting’s catalogue runs deep, with classics including Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic,Roxanne and De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da. He released a new single, I Can’t Stop Thinking About You, this month, and is expected to tour here next year.

HEMMED IN BY HUNKS AT THE ’G

LIAM HEMSWORTH flew in to Melbourne to join the Phillip Island Hemsworth clan in attending the official AFL Grand Final function in the MCG’s Olympic Room today.

Phwoar, it’s Thor. No, it’s Liam silly.

“Phwoar, it’s Thor!” brother CHRIS HEMSWORTH arrived from the Gold Coast with the help of five-times world motorcycle GP champion MICK DOOHAN’S $20 million-odd jet.

Swans-supporting (boo) PM MALCOLM TURNBULL would be barking mad if he tries to bail up the Doggies diehard at the match.

Mr Turnbull at least admitted his lack of all things AFL to 3AW’s NEIL MITCHELL yesterday, saying he would flunk a footy test.

Meanwhile, true red, white and blue Bulldog RUSSELL GILBERT won’t be attending today’s huge game, but says the Doggies’ winning streak was instrumental in helping him recover after having emergency surgery for a brain aneurysm.

GREECE’D LIGHTNING TRIP TO GRANNY

YOU can’t question Green senator JANET RICE’S passion, with the former mayor of Maribyrnong council abruptly ending her Greek vacay this week to get home for the Granny.

A lifelong Doggies fan — who proudly boasts to have once sold TED WHITTEN some light shades while working at McEwan’s in Footscray — said she couldn’t bear the thought of missing out. Senator Rice and son John won tickets through the Bulldogs’ members ballot.

“We have all waited so long, and I just had to be home to be part of it,” she told Page 13 from Athens airport. She’s tipping the Dogs by 23 points.

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