Callum Mills cut a forlorn figure as the Swans boarded a chartered flight to Melbourne ahead of their AFL grand final clash with the Brisbane Lions on Saturday.
It was not until he received a call out of the blue in 2019 that former Fitzroy captain Richard Osborne regained a sense of football belonging.
Toby Greene and Willie Rioli know all about the Sydney small forward,who talks a big game and backs it up. His third AFL grand final could yet be his biggest moment.
Callum Mills’ injury was self-inflicted,due to the amount of pre-season training he missed. It might,heartbreakingly,cost him a premiership.
Sydney won’t be shocked when the Swans win the AFL grand final. We’re just better at Aussie rules than anyone,especially Victorians.
With contestants from Queensland and NSW,and the traditional AFL states all watching,this could be the most-watched grand final ever.
The timing was right for Sydney to secure Grundy,and the timing has been right for Grundy,who not only finds himself at a club that wants his style,but faces an opposition that has lost its first-choice ruck.
The Sydney captain did everything asked of him at Wednesday’s closed training session at the SCG,but the club announced in the afternoon that Mills would not play in the season decider.
The Liverpool chant first introduced to Sydney’s inner sanctum two years ago by Errol Gulden is back - with a heartwarming twist.
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.