Western Bulldogs champion Dale Morris has explained the emotional significance of their pulsating preliminary final win over GWS in 2016.
The Bulldogs beat the Giants in a thriller to advance to their first Grand Final in 55 years and end a run of seven consecutive preliminary final defeats.
Morris and the Dogs went on to beat Sydney in the Grand Final the following week – the club’s first flag in 62 years.
“That prelim against GWS was absolutely unreal,” Morris told SEN's This Is Your Sporting Life thanks to Tobin Brothers Funerals.
“When we ran out on their home deck to cheers and claps and then they would run out to boos and you couldn’t hear their cheers … our supporters were there in force.
“And that helped us when we first got out onto the ground.
“To be in so many prelims for such a long period of time and to not get over that last hurdle to get to a Grand Final was a pain that a lot of supporters knew about.
“Once we got that win it was absolutely unreal, the emotion attached to that game was more than the Grand Final.
“That game emotionally was way more significant than the Grand Final.”
Morris incredibly played the entire finals series with a broken back.
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