It’s fair to say it all went to script for members of the all-conquering Carlton Premiership team of 1995 on Sunday, as today’s senior players completed a meritorious victory over Geelong at the MCG.

Watching on from the Miller Room was the 1995 Premiership Captain Stephen Kernahan and fellow members of that all-conquering outfit, who had gathered with Coach David Parkin and fellow officials and staff members to mark the 30th anniversary of that famous victory – its 16th victory on the trot - to land the 16th Premiership.

Earlier, the players – amongst them the 1995 Norm Smith Medallist Greg Williams and the club’s games record holder Craig Bradley, together with Earl Spalding and Matt Clape who jetted in from Perth – had gathered on the ground pre-match to be presented to the 67,000-strong audience and rub shoulders with members of the Carlton cheersquad.

Some were a tad dusty, having celebrated long and hard at a Melbourne watering hole the previous evening.

Williams’ assessment of the team’s performance on Grand Final day 1995, could so easily apply to Sunday’s victory. As he said: “It was a great win, everyone played well”.