The Liverpool chant first introduced to Sydney’s inner sanctum two years ago by Errol Gulden is back - with a heartwarming twist.
Footy fans packing the MCG for the AFL grand final can look forward to “cracking” conditions,while rain is due to soak the home cities of this year’s premiership contenders.
Warwick Capper’s flamboyant style was a winner in Sydney before an ill-fated but financially lucrative move to Brisbane. But there’s one club closer to his heart for Saturday’s decider.
After the grand final,all the winning club’s players should be given a medal as acknowledgement for what great teams are – a collective. A gang. One.
The Swans’ allocation of just 17,500 tickets for Saturday’s AFL grand final means many of the club’s supporters are missing out on prized seats at the MCG.
Logan McDonald should be fit to play Brisbane while Callum Mills has still to prove himself,but the Swans coach managed to say nothing consequential enough to become a distraction in his quest for a second AFL flag.
As the countdown to the AFL grand final reaches its last days,the AFL’s integrity unit and Victoria Police are looking into the unauthorised access of some tickets.
This grand final will be the first without a Victorian club for almost 20 years,but there will be plenty of players on the field who come from Victorian schools and junior clubs.
Sydney and Brisbane-based fans are coughing up as much as $1800 for a return trip to Melbourne this weekend for the first all-interstate final since 2006.
Carlton captain Patrick Cripps has won his second AFL Brownlow Medal,polling a record 45 votes to claim the honour convincingly. The 29-year-old is the first player to win two Brownlows playing for Carlton.
Brisbane Lions gun Hugh McCluggage says his side learnt much from a review of last year’s narrow grand final loss to Collingwood,especially in how to play the key moments.