‘Don’t care for his opinion’: Suns star hits back at Lyon’s ‘nepo baby’ comment
Gold Coast Suns vice-captain Sam Collins has hit back at his former Fremantle coach Ross Lyon, who claimed the Suns were the AFL’s ‘nepo baby’. Details inside.
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