Here Come the GIANTS
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Here Come the GIANTS
This is the story of the creation of the GIANTS. Over a 12 month period in the club's 10th year, award winning journalist and GIANTS recruiter Emma Quayle spoke to key figures in the rise of the GIANTS. The five-part series covers expansion, Team GWS, operation 'Get Sheedy', the team, the name, the...
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Episode 5: The GIANTS: The name, the colours, the song, the identity
It sounds like the fun stuff, but there were a lot of people to keep happy when the new club was choosing its name, colours and guernsey design. Meanw...
Episode 4: The Team: The wheeling, dealing and draft decisions that shaped the GIANTS’ playing list
Who would you target if you were building an AFL list from scratch and had big contract offers to throw around? Clubs expected the GIANTS to come afte...
Episode 3: Get Sheedy: Why Kevin Sheedy was targeted to be the GIANTS’ first AFL coach
Kevin Sheedy? Really? People were surprised and many were dismissive when the AFL pursued Sheedy - in his 60s and more than two years out of the game...
Episode 2: Team GWS: Before the GIANTS there was…
The GIANTS had to start somewhere, and it was a random collection of boys from Sydney, Canberra and country NSW – as well as a future Australian Test...
Episode 1: Expansion: Why the AFL moved into western Sydney
In 2008 the AFL announced it would be introducing two new teams, on the Gold Coast and in Sydney. In the first episode of this five-part series explor...