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Amartey believes that his game should not just be judged simply on goals, even if they came a little easier against Port Adelaide, with a major in each of the first three quarters.

“All we do, is everyone just plays their role,” Amartey said. “My role last week [against the Giants] was to compete, bringing the ball to ground and ‘Paps’ [Tom Papley] last week did the damage, and now everyone got their lick of the ice cream tonight ... whoever kicks the goals, kicks the goals, as long as we’re winning.”

There will be a brief moment to celebrate the victory against Port Adelaide, but Amartey and his teammates are aware that the job is far from finished with either the Lions or Cats looming at the MCG.

If Amartey needs someone to discuss the pressure of playing in a grand final, he doesn’t need to look far, given he has several teammates from the 2022, 2018 and 2016 losses with Luke Parker to call on from the 2012 premiership.

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“A lot of the boys have played in grannies,” Amartey said.

“I haven’t, so I’m sure they’ll talk me through and all the boys who haven’t played in grannies before talk through it. We’ve beaten Port, we know our game stacks up against the best team, and it’s all we can do.”

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