Dane Rampe will lead out the Sydney Swans in Saturday's AFL grand final, but he is devastated that he won't be running out behind the team's usual captain, Callum Mills.
Dane Rampe says he shed some tears with Swans skipper Callum Mills after Mills was ruled out of the grand final through injury.Stand-in Sydney captain Dane Rampe has revealed he cried with Callum Mills after Mills was ruled out of the grand final.
Mills hurt his hamstring at training after playing in Sydney's qualifying final win against GWS and missed the preliminary-final victory over Port Adelaide.Photo shows Sydney Swans' Brodie Grundy and Brisbane Lions' Joe Daniher compete in the ruck during an AFL game. "Me and him had a cry after the news on Wednesday afternoon, but as soon as that was done, and the way Millsy would have wanted, it was business as usual."The midfielder-defender didn't play until round 18 after badly injuring his shoulder during a Mad Monday wrestle gone wrong.
Clearly struggling with injury, Reid was subbed out of the game after having no impact as Sydney suffered a humiliating loss against Geelong. "When we sort of weighed it all up, and the risks going into a game like this, it just seemed to outweigh and go against Callum in that moment."
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