Sport is life’s greatest theatre. The sheer delight and gut-wrenching despair, the pure ecstasy and horrifying agony.

The proof came yet again on Saturday night.

Optus Stadium the venue, Fremantle and Gold Coast taking centre stage under the bright lights, in what some would call a David and Goliath battle.

The Suns making their first September campaign, on the road with only three players with post-season experience.

Up against a Dockers side entering the match with 12 wins from their past 14 games, a list stacked with young stars, in front of a daunting, dog hungry and passionate sold-out home crowd.

At the heart of the storyline was two ageing champions – the main acts –........

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