Brid Stack: Differences from home extend far beyond a summer Christmas

As I finally get ready to play AFLW competitively and attack the season with everything I have, I really hope that those big-day experiences with Cork will stand to me going forward

Brid Stack and family meet Santa on the beach in Bayview, New South Wales

On Christmas morning, we had to rouse Ógie to wake him up. He had tried so hard to stay awake to see Santa the previous night that he had just burned himself out.

Upon inspection of the half-eaten carrot and the presents under the tree, Ógie couldn’t wait to tell his grandparents that Santa had visited him in Sydney. The WhatsApp videocalls were plentiful throughout the day as Santa also visited Ógie’s cousins on the other side of the world.