Big big sound? More like a popgun. The Giants rolled into the decider fuelled by a reputation as September’s toughest side. They were instead sat on their backside by a tenacious Tigers unit that marches to its second flag in three years.
Toby Greene is the most talked about player in football — and not all of it is complimentary. But is Greene the footballer the same as Greene the person? There’s plenty we don’t know.
You can’t go anywhere this week without hearing the Russian-inspired GWS Giants theme song as hilarious memes flood social media. Here are the best all in one place.
Tommy Bugg takes enormous pride in being Giant 001 but one of the club’s originals insists endless numbers with orange and charcoal running through their veins played a big part in the grand final dream.
HAWTHORN’s shock loss to Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday has opened up the race for top spot and a number of clubs are hot on their tail. SEE THE RUN HOME
GOLD Coast gave GWS an almighty scare on Saturday afternoon, but it was ultimately the Giants’ class that prevailed in a gripping affair.
GREATER Western Sydney youngster Will Hoskin-Elliott is open to a move home to Victorian next season as rivals circle the former No.4 draft pick.
FOR the last 20 No.1 AFL draft picks the 50-game milestone has been a mere formality but for the GWS Giants’ Jonathon Patton it has been a trying journey.
WITH seven teams from second to eighth separated by just four points and percentage, the competition between GWS and Sydney has become something of a war within a war.
GWS have proved they have a talented squad but rising star Josh Kelly wants the Giants to get some respect for their work rate.
GWS Giants face losing their home-ground advantage in the playoffs if they host a final against cross-town rivals the Sydney Swans.
GWS forward Sam Reid has spent years helping get some of the Giants’ best young players ready for senior football. Now he’s the man keeping them in the reserves.
MATTHEW Richardson has called for a complete review of Richmond’s football department and Kevin Bartlett labelled his old club “pathetic” after the GWS debacle. VOTE IN OUR POLL.
THE 2016 finals series will be something to behold and the beauty is, which ever team wins the flag, the narrative is a wonderful story, writes Mark Robinson.
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