One minute, an opposition can be your ‘bunnies’; the next, they’re your ‘bogy team’. Just ask the Swans, who have lost their last eight matches against the Power, a streak they will be desperate to end in Friday night’s preliminary final.
The world was a very different place eight years ago. Malcolm Turnbull was still the Prime Minister of Australia. Donald Trump was still a mere presidential candidate. And Lance Franklin was just three years into his nine-year contract with the Sydney Swans, who still had the wood over Port Adelaide way back in the olden days.
But life comes at you fast. One minute, an opposition can be your ‘bunnies’ ; the next, suddenly they’re your ‘bogy team’ . Just ask the Swans, who have lost their last eight matches against the Power, a streak they will be desperate to end in Friday night’s preliminary final. It can probably be explained away as a mental aberration, the kind of thing that can happen when you’re so far in front on top of the ladder that it literally doesn’t matter – as long as it doesn’t repeat.The last time Port came to Sydney was also heartbreaking, just in a different way. And we’re not talking about the fact that it was
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