Bríd Stack: A disappointing season but let's mark Cora's amazing landmark in style

Age and mileage have never been a barrier for Cora, who has just kept coming back, continuing to cement her legacy as one of the greatest sportspeople we have produced in this country

LANDMARK: Cora Staunton of the Giants will play for 50th AFLW game this weekend. Pic: Matt King/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

At training on Tuesday evening I asked a couple of the girls if they found it warm. It wasn’t excessively hot, but I felt like I was running around in a furnace. The sweat was dripping off me. I was so wiped after the session that I felt I’d gone 15 rounds with Mike Tyson. I collapsed into bed when I went home. Lights out. A viral bug had floored me.

I missed training on Wednesday. I never miss training but I physically couldn’t get out of bed all day. The team doctor, Peter Parkes, advised me to stay away from the club. I certainly didn’t want to pass the bug onto my teammates. Thankfully, we had a day off on Thursday and I used every bit of downtime to make sure I was able to partake in our last training session on Friday.