Huddled on the couch, Mitch Brown and his two young sons, Bowie (6) and Rudie (4), watch highlights of his playing days. The boys pull out playing cards where Mitch peroxide tips take us back to the early 2010s. Once a symbol of a childhood dream, these cards now embody a time where Mitch would do anything to belong.

Drafted at seventeen and flown to the other side of the country, Mitch played 84 games for the West Coast Eagles. When his attempts to explore his true self are rejected, he throws himself into a culture of partying hard and training harder. Following a string of injuries and a decade in the system, Mitch begins fantasising about a life after football.

Nine years after retirement, Mitch publicly came out as bisexual, becoming the first former AFL player to do so. Now, he returns to the game for the first time since; joining the Old Bar Unicorns in Melbourne’s Pub Football League. In the rooms before running out, his boys in his lap, the moment sinks in. For the first time in his 37 years, Mitch will bring his whole self to the game of Aussie Rules.