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Barry Hall caught in the Bulldogs fairytale ahead of AFL grand final
Barry Hall is a Swans man but he can't help but get caught up in the Western Bulldogs' fairytale.
Barry Hall is a Swans man but he can't help but get caught up in the Western Bulldogs' fairytale.
The game has changed dramatically since the Swans arrived in Sydney but there has been a regular ingredient to football in the town: the glamour forward.
So the day Western Bulldogs people thought would never come dawns at last, and a shiver runs down Melbourne's spine.
Sydney's consistent competitiveness at the pointy end of the season argues a convincing case they’ve been the most successful club in the AFL for 20 years now.
The Western Bulldogs can expect first-quarter blitz from the Swans in Saturday's AFL grand final.
Our footy scribes have had to name their winner for the 2016 AFL grand final, the winning margin and their tip for the Norm Smith Medal.
The moment of truth for the Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans has almost arrived. How will they handle the key questions?
This is the flag of the millionaire recruit. Bulldog or Swan it does not matter, both have chased the big-dollar recruit and won.
Bob Skilton believes Luke Parker has epitomised the Swans' run to Saturday's AFL grand final.
The Western Bulldogs' Lin Jong was one of the unlucky ones this year.
Shane Biggs used to have to clean up after Sam Naismith. The pair were both Swans rookies, living in Rosebery near Sydney airport. It wasn't exactly glamorous.
The Bulldogs and Sydney have arrived at grand final day from very different parts of the ladder. But they have a quite similar look.
Saturday's grand final will be a clash of the AFL's most manic midfields.
His hamstring is good to go, and now Callum Mills hopes to top his debut season with an AFL premiership.
All Melbourne appears to have turned out ... and all Melbourne, it seemed, was there for the Western Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs' rise has captured something that's very hard to describe. But I can feel it, and I know I'm not alone.
Franklin, who on Saturday will be spearheading the Swans' tilt at the flag, said there would be "no chance" he would be following Mundine's advice.
Integrity. Honesty. Empathy. Talk to anyone about what makes John Longmire such a good coach and these are the qualities that come to the fore time and time again.
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".
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