Sandra Dunne woke the kids early on Tuesday morning in Narangba to board a train heading south through Brisbane. She didn’t tell Kasey, 11, Kara, 10, or Kiva, 6, their destination, only that they should prepare for a two-hour trip. Then she put on her Lions cap and premiership polo.
When Dunne first left Portlaoise in Ireland for Melbourne chasing the Australian dream of sun and sport, she followed Geelong. Champion Irishman Zach Tuohy, from her county town, was playing for the Cats then.
