Maggie,less than three days old,was wrapped in a Magpie scarf and nestled in the cup,with her dad cradling them and beaming while wearing his premiership medallion.
McRae,50,stunned the jubilant Magpie Army in the aftermath of the Pies’ four-point win over Brisbane in Saturday’s grand final by announcing from the stage that his daughter had been born at 7.45 that morning.
He said it was already the best day of his life,before the grand final even began.
The family shared some quiet time together away from the team’s Mad Monday celebrations.
And not content with unseating Geelong as reigning AFL premiers,the Pies set about stealing the Cats’ mantle as back-to-back-to-back Mad Monday champions.
Pies captain Darcy Moore is blessed with long blonde locks reminiscent of Legolas,the elf prince fromLord of the Rings who can fire off dozens of arrows in a single flurry.
Moore is better at intercept marking than archery,but he does come from a famous dynasty (Legolas is the son of the Elvenking Thranduil andMoore received the cup from his famous footballing father Peter),and the premiership captain turned up at Richmond’s Sporting Globe on Monday as the Orlando Bloom character.