Hall raised some eyebrows during his retirement press conference on Tuesday when the man who spent eight years in Sydney and led the Swans to the 2005 premiership declared himself a Bulldog.
The 34-year-old has spent the past two seasons with the Bulldogs after parting ways with the Swans midway through 2009 due to repeated indiscretions and admitted he was a Dogs fan growing up.
Hall and the Bulldogs already had plenty of adventures before they arrived in Sydney on Friday, with their SCG training session cancelled and their flight delayed due to the record rainfall in the harbour city.
Adding to the drama their plane was then hit by lightning before they finally arrived safely and could prepare for a game that is vital to both team's hopes of reaching the finals.
Hall doesn't expect any angst from the Swans faithful when he says goodbye to the SCG for the last time.
"I wouldn't think so, I was just telling it how I feel," he said.
"I can not tell the truth if they want, but I'm just telling you the way I feel.
"The Bulldogs gave me an opportunity to play footy again and resurrect my career in a different way.
"I think I owe them everything. They're the feelings I have."
Hall has already had one SCG farewell when he did a lap of honour in the back of a ute after retiring from the Swans in July 2009.
He is expecting a different experience this time around.
"Playing and saying goodbye is different to sitting on the back of a ute and saying goodbye," he said.
"It's going to be good. I probably won't be as emotional because last time I didn't think I was going to play again.
"It'll be a little bit different, but hopefully we get the four points and it'll be a happy time."
Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade said his club hadn't been unduly interrupted by the weather concerns, training in Melbourne on Friday before flying out.
"I think it's going to be two even sides who are going to be tested by the conditions," he said.
"It'll be interesting to see.
"(Not training at the SCG) isn't the end of the world.
"We changed to training in Melbourne, which put us in good touch, which was good.
"We laid out some wet balls etcetera, but it's no big deal really."
Hall said retiring during this season had been a possibility when he was struggling with an ankle problem earlier in the year.
But Eade was happy to persevere with the power forward and he has responded with some terrific form, kicking nine goals in the past two weeks.
Hall concedes he also had some concerns as the lightning hit their plane.
"We didn't have much spark last week, so hopefully that sparks us this week," he said.
"I was sweating up. I thought we were going down."
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