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Greater Western Sydney is not very making a sound this evening, as the region’s AFL expansion club shoulder the humiliation of a 17.12 (114) to 3.7 (25) flogging in their first ever Grand Final appearance.
The Richmond Tigers are now celebrating two flags in three seasons, after breaking their 37-year-drought in 2017.
Today’s sunny Saturday afternoon at the MCG was notably louder than anywhere on the ANZAC bridge side of the fish markets this afternoon, as yet another Western Sydney sporting team has victory snatched from them by a soul-crushing margin.
In fact, the GWS Giant’s catchment is so quiet this evening that the only sound that can be heard is the relieved exhale of the rugby league. – who somehow view this result as a win for their game, despite the fact that Bondi is the only part of Sydney that is still cheering an NRL team.
The charcoal and westconnex-worker-orange team fought valiantly, but ultimately proved to the world why there’s no point to even having one AFL football team north of Carlton, let alone two in Sydney.
Greater Western Sydney is now pinning their hopes to Bam Bam Tuivasa in next weekend’s fight on the UFC 243 undercard in Melbourne.
