![Marcus Bontempelli celebrates after kicking a goal for the Bulldogs at Etihad on Good Friday.](/web/20170424185255im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/l/d/b/9/image.related.landscape.460x307.gvlali.png/1492215896490.jpg)
Bulldogs are alive - just
Footy reached one watershed at Etihad stadium when the AFL staged its first Good Friday match and a crowd of almost 43,000 came to say alleluia, and the young and winless Kangaroos so nearly crested a horizon of their own when they ran the Western Bulldogs, the reigning premier, to within one kick, the last of the match.