‘It’s all still pretty raw’: Inside the Swans’ shattered change room

The Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 19, 2026

James Rowbottom played through a broken hand before finding the words for a devastated Swans side after their heartbreaking preliminary-final loss to Fremantle.

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