Panmure will celebrate more than just 100 years since its first premiership on Saturday.
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Daniel Meade will play his 300th senior game for the club in the Warrnambool and District league match against Allansford at Panmure Recreation Reserve.
The forward/backman has been part of plenty of success at the kennel.
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He played in the 2002 reserves flag before senior premierships in 2012-13.
"They were awesome, the (senior) flags under 'Tocka' (Simon O'Keefe). You never forget those sort of things. Everyone gelled together. It was a good couple years there," he said.
The 2012 premiership was significant as the Bulldogs came up against a Power outfit chasing four flags in a row.
"So the Power was probably the strongest team those few years and we beat the Power in the 2012 grand final - that was a good game - in 2013 we beat them in the semi," he said.
The 37-year-old recalled the 2012 triumph when the Bulldogs beat Kolora-Noorat by four points.
The team bus was coming through the gates at Panmure Recreation Reserve after coming from Reid Oval.
"I always remember the bus coming down the road with the song 'Who let the dogs out' blasting on the speaker and the whole community was up there (the clubrooms) singing the song. It was pretty surreal walking into that," he said.
Meade played in those flags alongside his younger brother, Ben. His dad, Peter, was also a Bulldog.
Meade, who grew up at Panmure, started with the Bulldogs' juniors in his early teens.
He said he had played much of his career alongside Tim Condon who has already reached the 300-game milestone.
"We played together pretty much most of my time in seniors," he said.
Meade has enjoyed the many friendships he's made at what he said was a welcoming club.
"I've always enjoyed being around here, it's a good bunch of blokes, and we always have fun if we win or lose," he said.
He's looking forward to catching up with old friends on Saturday.
"A few people said they're going to come that don't normally come. So that will be good in itself to catch up with a few people you don't normally see, so looking forward to that part of it," he said.
Meade has long enjoyed battles with the Power and said Kolora-Noorat's Ben Fraser was one of the toughest opponents he'd played on.
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