Chicago Cubs show Bulldogs spirit in year of sporting miracles

By Daniel Cherny
Updated October 24 2016 - 9:08am, first published 7:18am
Drought over: The Chicago Cubs have made the World Series. Photo: Jamie Squire
Drought over: The Chicago Cubs have made the World Series. Photo: Jamie Squire
Lapping it up: Bulldogs Clay Smith, Jake Stringer, Luke Dahlhause and Tom Liberatore celebrate their win for the ages. Photo: Justin McManus
Lapping it up: Bulldogs Clay Smith, Jake Stringer, Luke Dahlhause and Tom Liberatore celebrate their win for the ages. Photo: Justin McManus

Someone in the Wallabies' camp walked under a ladder. How else could you explain their lot? This is 2016, the year in which parched teams have had their uniforms drenched in the champagne of glory. So many long-suffering clubs have ended their run of misses, that pretty soon we'll be declaring a drought of droughts.