However, it’s highly unlikely that anyone would have had an appearance from viral social media traveller Catman, also known as Kentaro Jin, on their bingo card.
Catman has spent the past two years travelling across the southern Australian landscape, a journey which began in Carnarvon in Western Australia.
Armed with nothing more than a wheelbarrow, a cat onesie, and a dream, his mission is three-fold: to reach Sydney, raise money for charity along the way, and spread messages of peace wherever he goes.
In his Shepparton stopover, the feline-themed traveller from Japan – who has amassed more than 800,000 followers on social media – caught some Nations Cup quarter-final action on Monday evening before calling it a night at Shepparton East CFA.
From the goal-square to the altar
Will it be love at first sight for former Goulburn Valley League forward and Dookie United recruit Chris Nield?
The local footy spearhead was unveiled as one of the participants on the Nine Network’s experimental match-making program Married at First Sight, with the ex-Mooroopna player, who booted 158 goals in 46 games between 2021-2023, trading the goal-square for the altar.
The 31-year-old is set to marry a stranger hand-picked by experts before embarking on married life, culminating in a decision to remain hitched or part ways.
Nield isn’t the first local footy star to dip his toe in the reality TV pool; former Euroa midfielder Ben Giobbi made an appearance on Love Island Australia back in 2021.
The first episode of MAFS goes to air on Monday, February 2 at 7.30pm.
