Swans star breaks down, reveals upsetting news

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Swans prima Tom Hickey played an tremendous relation arsenic Sydney pushed past Melbourne astatine the MCG connected Friday night to publication a location preliminary final.

While the ruckman was connected constituent shutting down the Demons' Max Gawn and Luke Jackson and besides providing a spark to his team's attack, Hickey was besides warring a antithetic conflict distant from the field.

He near down his duplicate babe girls successful infirmary portion helium headed to Melbourne to play successful Friday night's qualifying last win.

"I've had some my … ah I won't speech about. It's conscionable astonishing radical (at the Swans)," helium said, holding backmost tears.

"Both my twins person been successful infirmary this week, truthful I'm coming home, I'm coming location girls."

Hickey, played arguably 1 of his champion games passim his 12-year AFL vocation successful what was lone his 4th last with his 4th AFL club.

He spoke precocious of the challenges parenthood had brought, with twins Olive and Delma arriving 8 minutes apart, either broadside of midnight, successful precocious October.

"It's awesome. We were fortunate to person them aboriginal successful the off-season, truthful we had a just spot of clip to get our feet connected the ground," helium said.

"It was harder earlier successful the twelvemonth – truthful hard connected my wife, and hard connected america – conscionable with the deficiency of slumber and evidently being successful Sydney and not having a heap of household enactment with the day-to-day stuff.

"The footy club's been sensational done it and our friends and household person been awesome. Generally erstwhile I spell away, my parents oregon Chloe's parents oregon immoderate friends travel down and walk the night, conscionable truthful Chloe's not connected her own.

"We consciousness similar we're coming retired of the trenches now, astatine 10 months. They're starting to crawl and laughter astatine each different and entertain each other. I deliberation I described it arsenic axenic chaos with moments of bliss."

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