Bulldogs v Swans: The key questions
The moment of truth for the Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans has almost arrived. How will they handle the key questions?
Jon Pierik is a sports writer with The Age, focusing primarily on AFL football, cricket and basketball. He has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.
The moment of truth for the Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans has almost arrived. How will they handle the key questions?
Swans skipper Jarrad McVeigh has declared he is over a calf injury and will "definitely" line up in Saturday's grand final against the Western Bulldogs.
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has declared his team is ready to ride the wave of emotion on Saturday in what will be the "biggest game our lives".
Fairfax experts have picked their greatest AFL finals heroes of the past 50 years. Luke Hodge has come to be the epitome of the modern-day general.
Max Walker, one of Australian sport's larger-than-life characters in his heyday as a cricketer and raconteur, has died.
Geelong veteran Corey Enright says the tears he shed after the losing preliminary final were not because he had played the final match of his career.
Patrick Dangerfield may remain "bitter" at having been denied the team success he had craved but the Geelong superstar was on Monday night crowned the AFL's best player.
Sydney will head into next weekend's AFL grand final determined to enforce the Bloods code and be the hunters - and not the hunted - as they seek redemption for the 2014 failure.
Sydney chief executive Andrew Ireland says the Swans do not crave a premiership to validate Lance Franklin's controversial $10 million deal.
While Patrick Dangerfield on Saturday began to deal with the disappointment of his season being over, the champion midfielder could yet enjoy individual glory.
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