Sydney co-captain Brett Kirk said he was hurting not just for himself but for every single one of his teammates after the Swans bid to win back-to-back flags for the first time in the club's history ended in heartbreak at the MCG on Saturday.The Swans became the first team in 40 years to lose a premiership decider by a point as the West Coast Eagles avenged their four point loss to Sydney in last year's Grand Final by winning by the closest possible scoreline.But Kirk, the Swans' best player on Saturday after inspiring his team's second half comeback, said he was proud of the way the team came from 25 points down at half-time to almost snatch victory."I am proud to be part of the Sydney Swans football club and proud of every player that stepped over the line today," he said."We didn’t give up for one second.""But I am hurting inside and I feel the hurt of every single one of my teammates as well."While Swans' coach Paul Roos said the memory of last year's four point win in the Grand Final over the Eagles - when the club ended a 72 year premiership drought - helped ease the pain of Saturday's one point loss in the 2006 premiership decider, Kirk felt the opposite way."It hurts so much because you know what it feels like the other way (to win a Grand Final)," he said."Watching the West Coast players up on the podium (collecting their premiership medallions) it just cuts you in half.""We know how good it is up there and we know how good it would have been to be up there again."Kirk finished runner-up in the voting for the Norm Smith Medal with eight votes - behind Eagles' winner Andrew Embley with ten votes - as he finished with 27 disposals for the match.And it was Kirk who kick-started the Swans' revival after half-time when he racked up 11 possessions in the third quarter as Sydney kicked four goals to two to put themselves right back into the match.