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Greatest Richmond win ever? Here's how social media reacted

Seth Campbell celebrates Richmond's Round 1 AFL win over Carlton on Thursday.
Seth Campbell celebrates Richmond's Round 1 AFL win over Carlton on Thursday.Robert Cianflone / Getty Images via AFP
In terms of home-and-away season triumphs, Richmond's 41-point comeback against Carlton - on a night when they started with a 50-point handicap in betting markets - must surely be in the top five.

This was reportedly Richmond's fifth-largest successful comeback in their 140-year history:

The match-sealing goal from Seth Campbell had it all, summing up the enormity of the comeback:

Irrespective of who you support, we all have to admit that tens of thousands of Tigers fans jubilantly shouting "YELLOW AND BLACK" unison sends shivers down the spine like little else in this league:

Sydney Swans 300-gamer Jude Bolton said what we were all thinking even prior to Thursday night:

What a spectacular comeback it was for the neutral supporter far and wide as well, with some reactions a little more diplomatic than others:

The radio institution that was SEN's 'Finey's Final Siren' may no longer be with us, but the tremendously entertaining content that is the devastated and angry sports fan will never die. Perhaps this late-night fallout is what prompted the station to be a little quiet about Carlton's scheduled membership drive on Friday. 

This is well worth a listen from start to finish:

But perhaps club historian Rhett Bartlett, son of legend Kevin, summed it up best:

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