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AFL grand final: Boyd with emotion
An old Dog teamed up with a new one to make sure their team beat Sydney.
Emma Quayle joined The Age as a cadet journalist in 1999 and has been covering football since 2001. She has won awards from the Australian Football Media Association and AFL Players Association for her feature writing, and specialised for many years in covering junior football and the AFL draft. Emma's two books - The Draft and Nine Lives (the story of former Essendon wingman Adam Ramanauskas' battle with cancer) - were published in 2008 and 2010.
An old Dog teamed up with a new one to make sure their team beat Sydney.
Key moments in the 2016 AFL Grand Final.
The Bulldogs and Sydney have arrived at grand final day from very different parts of the ladder. But they have a quite similar look.
Marcus Bontempelli is polite, well-mannered and a very big reason the Western Bulldogs have made it all the way to grand final day. Could he be any more perfect?
Lachie Hunter arrived at the Bulldogs four years ago with a particularly strong sporting pedigree.
Tom Boyd is prepared to shoulder another heavy load in the ruck should Jordan Roughead not recover from an eye injury in time for Saturday's grand final.
The Western Bulldogs will be inspired by captain Bob Murphy's business-as-usual attitude more than the heartbreaking injury that will have him sit out the grand final, according to his stand-in.
Tom Boyd always knew his decision to switch from Greater Western Sydney to the Western Bulldogs would not be understood by everyone.
Western Bulldogs forward Tom Boyd will undergo major shoulder surgery at the end of the club's season.
Five Western Bulldogs players who could make a difference against the GWS Giants in their preliminary final showdown on Saturday.
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