Hamish McLachlan and Neil Mitchell have paid tribute to the late Neale Daniher at his state funeral at the MCG on Wednesday afternoon.

“The more time I spent with Neale, the more I fell in love with Neale, the more I learnt from Neale,” McLachlan told Tony Moclair on 3AW Afternoons.

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“The world is much less because he’s gone, but it’s much better because he was here.”

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