Fans loses it at Fraser Gehrig’s hilarious footy cameo

He accomplished just about everything in his AFL career, but Fraser Gehrig took on another role in the crowd at Marvel Stadium.

Gehrig smashed the Pie like he smashed defenders in the early 2000s.

The Saints’ round nine clash with the Cats got off to a dour start, but a cameo from St Kilda legend Fraser Gehrig certainly lightened the mood.

Once known for his intimidating on-field persona, ‘G-Train’ cut a relaxed figure at Marvel Stadium on Friday night.

He accomplished just about everything in his 14-year AFL career, making the All-Australian Team twice and leading the Coleman Medal count in both 2004 and 2005.

But on Friday night, Gehrig assumed another role: meat pie enthusiast.

Cameras cut to the two-time All-Australian sitting in the stands, where he appeared to be handing out pies to other footy fans.

“He’s giving away pies,” said Fox Footy commentator Brian Taylor.

“He’s enjoying that pie, I tell you what, two bites and it was gone,” added James Brayshaw.

Punters on social media lapped up Gehrig’s appearance at the footy, although some were shocked that the two-time Coleman Medallist chose not to eat his pie with sauce.

The g train eating pies at the footy is just the energy I need on a Friday night #AFLSaintsCats

— Jordan Mortimer (@morts23) May 14, 2021

G Train is a legend #AFLSaintsCats

— Lockie McKinnon (@lockster247) May 14, 2021

Just intrigued Fraser Gehrig prefers to eat his pies sans sauce #AFLSaintsCats

— Gareth Boreham (@gboreham) May 14, 2021

Big Fraser Gehrig at the footy tonight!

An absolute champion of a person.#AFLSaintsCats

— Dan (@Trismegistos4) May 14, 2021

Fraser Gehrig sharing his love of meat pies.

St Kilda have been made to pay the price by Geelong for a horror night in front of goal, to suffer a deflating 21-point loss to the Cats at Marvel Stadium on Friday night.

The Saints lived up to their reputation as the worst set-shot team in the competition in the first half, with their three key forwards Max King (twice), Tim Membrey (twice) and Rowan Marshall all missing easy set shots for goal, with three of them occurring inside the opening eight minutes.

King ended up the biggest culprit with 1.5 – the most costly of his misses a set shot from directly in front late in the final quarter which could have cut the deficit to 11 points, but instead hit the post.

Instead of taking an early 18-point lead and shooting out of the blocks, St Kilda only led by three, and despite their superior pressure and territory dominance in the first half, it ultimately counted for nought as they failed to translate it onto the scoreboard.

St Kilda’s first nine scoring shots were all behinds and they finished up with a woeful 5.17. After falling eight points behind late in the second quarter and absorbing all of the Saints’ best shots, the Cats hit back hard like top teams do, making the Saints pay the price for their inaccuracy by kicking six of the next seven goals to take a 23-point lead early in the final term.

Cameron Guthrie was the main reason why the Cats were still in the contest during the St Kilda onslaught, continuing his spectacular season with another best-on-ground performance which saw him register 36 disposals (11 contested), six marks, seven tackles, four clearances, a goal, six score involvements and a goal assist to help ensure the Cats stayed in the top four this round.

The Cats were far more efficient on goal than the Saints. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

FRAWLEY CLANGER

James Frawley actually made a pretty good club debut for the Saints, keeping Tom Hawkins fairly quiet, but with the game in the balance early in the last quarter, he got too close to the man on mark deep in defence. His kick was touched and ended up with Sam Menegola who kicked a ripping goal from 40m out on a sharp angle to put the Cats up by 11 points. Another couple of goals to Brad Close and Gary Rohan in quick succession shortly after put the result beyond the Saints’ reach.

KING CAN’T COLLECT IT

Late in the third quarter with St Kilda trailing by six points, King was all by himself in forward 50 but couldn’t gather the ball and Geelong’s Zach Tuohy pounced after the young Saint overran it to clear the danger for the Cats. It was a golden opportunity to level the scores gone begging and those frustrations for the Saints were compounded seconds before three-quarter time when Membrey dropped a chest mark deep in attack, which denied his team the chance to take the lead.

GUTHRIE MAKES AMENDS

Early in the third quarter, Guthrie’s kick in defence was chopped off by Seb Ross, which allowed Jack Steele to gather the pill and break the Guthrie tackle before kicking a captain’s goal from close range, which he is making a habit of doing this year with similarly important goals against West Coast and Gold Coast. It gave the Saints a three-point lead and Guthrie knew he owed his team a goal, and three minutes later he did just that with a lovely little snap from a tight angle in the pocket to give the Cats back the lead.

TUOHY BRINGS BACK THE BARREL

In a throwback to yesteryear, Tuohy unleashed a massive torpedo punt from a kick-in early in the game which was so big that it went past the centre circle and almost hit the roof. It ended up bouncing to the Cats’ half-forward line and actually set up a scoring opportunity for Quinton Narkle who missed to the left on the run.

SAINTS 0.7 3.11 4.13 5.17 (47)

CATS 2.1 4.2 6.6 10.8 (68)

LERNER’S BEST Saints: Howard, Crouch, Steele, Frawley, Membrey, King. Cats: C.Guthrie, Duncan, Henderson, Tuohy, Smith, Close.

GOALS Saints: Membrey 2, King, Butler, Steele. Cats: Close 2, Rohan 2, Hawkins 2, Narkle, Cameron, C.Guthrie, Menegola.

INJURIES Saints: Marshall (TBC), Sinclair (cut cheek). Cats: Nil.

LATE CHANGE Luke Dahlhaus (ribs/back) replaced in Geelong’s selected side by Jordan Clark.

UMPIRES Fisher, Power, Gavine

VENUE Marvel Stadium

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

LERNER’S VOTES

3 C.Guthrie (Geel)

2 M.Duncan (Geel)

1 D.Howard (StK)