Pick 1 for O'Rourke, Jaksch and pick 3 is the word according to Thunda.
"Grandad, tell us again. Pleeeeease."
Well kids, the 'Saints 6 Flag' dynasty, it *wipes tear away* it all started with a bird. A pelican in fact. A pelican who could perform powerful list magic-ment the AFL had never seen before.
He turned 3 years of first round picks, a 30 year old back flanker and a 6 foot 8 CHB, who people thought was a ruckman, into 14 premiership players. That's right. Fourteen!
All of Lee, Wright and Murdoch. Hickey, White and Saunders. Dunstan. Acres. Delaney. Savage... Billy Longer too. Patty McCartin, Jon ORourke and Krissy Jaksch was his masterpiece though.
We had pick 1 that year and wouldve taken Plugger McCartin anyway. But the GWS Giants came along and gave us Jono, Krissy and pick 3 for that number 1. As luck would have it we still got Plugger anyway and the rest was history.
Now which year do you wanna watch? 2018? 2020? How about I fill the shell pool with popcorn and we put on the 4 peat of '22-'25 with Plugger breaking Fred Fannings record against the Dogs??
"That's when Luke Dunstan won his 3rd Norm Smith yeah?"
Thats right Billy! He won it in the big win against Port in 2018 and again when we best the Suns in 2020. His third came in 2025 when we smashed the Dogs for the second GF in a row.
And it all started with a Pelican...
