Swans’ roller coaster month ends with heartbreak after Fremantle fightback

September 18, 2026 — 10:55pm

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The Sydney Swans have put their supporters through a vast range of emotions within the past month. On Friday night, they served up a new one: heartbreak. Classic, traditional sporting trauma.

It turns out you don’t need to be at Optus Stadium to experience Wharfie Time. It doesn’t have to be a Fremantle home game for the purple haze to suddenly descend and dull the senses. It can happen anywhere, to anyone.

Fears that the Swans had “played their grand final” a fortnight ago were totally unfounded. From the outset of this classic preliminary final on Friday night, the Swans were rabid, aggressive, relentless, playing like their lives depended on it. Again. If their first effort didn’t stick, there was a second, third, fourth, fifth to........

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