North Melbourne's pre-match ritual before Hawthorn clash explained: ‘Solidarity and respect'
North Melbourne 's pre-match team ritual has been caught on camera before their clash against Hawthorn on Saturday.
The ritual has become a regular move by captain Jy Simpkin and the team for the past couple of seasons.
It involves the entire playing group standing in the rooms topless as Simpkin delivers a captain's speech before they all put their jumpers on together.
While they have been doing it for a couple of years, it's rarely been seen on camera.
Fox Footy showed the ritual on Saturday with commentator and former North Melbourne player Nick Dal Santo shedding more light on it.
'This is about solidarity and respect for the jumper,' he explained.
'Jy Simpkin, the captain, speaks to the group and then they all put the jumper on together.
'What it stands for and how they are going to live the values throughout the course of the next two hours.'
Unfortunately, the Roos failed to make a strong start after the ritual.
They only kicked two goals in the first quarter as the Hawks piled on five to dominate the opening term.
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