Being a Sydney Swans fan helped me find myself again | Genevieve Quigley
“Why do you love Aussie Rules so much?” is a question I’m often asked. Living in a rugby league city, people are intrigued by my adoration of the game, or more specifically, the Sydney Swans.
The answer is, although I was born in Canberra, both my parents previously lived in Melbourne and my father brought his infectious passion for the game with him when they moved to the nation’s capital. One of my earliest childhood memories is watching my dad wearing a yellow and black jersey, cheering at the television set in 1980 when his beloved Richmond Tigers won the premiership flag.
In tandem with each milestone my baby reached that year, the Swans inched closer to the grand final. By September, the town was painted red and white and they were off to the big dance at the MCG. My husband, eight-month-old daughter and I settled on the couch in our tiny apartment glued to the screen. When Leo Barry took his now-famous mark just before the siren with the score at Sydney to West Coast , we leapt up from the couch.
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