Football
Amid the jubilation, there were some wry smiles and sighs of relief after the West Coast Eagles dug deep, drawing on their “head, heart and gut” to recover from a disastrous start and beat Collingwood by five points in an epic AFL grand final.
Football
West Coast coach Adam Simpson has stopped short of guaranteeing defensive linchpin Jeremy McGovern will play against Collingwood in Saturday’s AFL grand final.
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Richmond have suspended defender Nathan Broad for three matches after identifying him as the Tigers player who distributed a photo of a topless woman without her permission following the 2017 Grand Final.
Former Richmond superstar Brett Deledio was unable to bring himself to watch the Tigers’ remarkable AFL premiership triumph over Adelaide, fearful of how it would mentally affect him.
When you have started to believe that, as The Killers would put it, destiny is calling you, ‘tis a sad thing indeed to suddenly realise at the end that you have been all along nothing more than a supporting character in someone else’s fairytale.
Three years ago this month the Adelaide Crows were in disarray.
