Redemption, resilience and the rewriting of the West Coast narrative
It was the worst case scenario for the West Coast Eagles, down five goals to none on the biggest stage – a sold out MCG on the final Saturday of September. Fans and critics alike were quick to think of the ghosts of nightmares past coming back to haunt the Eagles. But this team were not those Eagles. They were not the team others labelled as flat track bullies. They were not the team labelled as unable to win the big games interstate. This was a team that had toiled and worked and in the process...