Retired #43: Anthony "Walla" McDonald-Tipungwuti - Will play his last game this weekend - 24/8

[Lore]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2023
My Boy Draft 2023: Pick 5, citizen-erased

 

[naraku]

No surprise.

I'd preferred to of kept him over Snelling, but I hope Tippa stays around the club in some capacity

 

[the PILL]

This man brought us so much joy in lean times... Thanks Walla.

So glad he's getting a send off game too.

So many highlights to mention but probably my two favorites were the Norf goal and an obscure moment where he ✌fairly✌ smashed Danger then skedaddled off...

 

[Keystone agony]

Deserved the farewell game

 

[Ati Tude]

Universally loved league wide. What a highlight reel this man has. Two that stick out for me , winning goal v norf and a goal at The G on the run to seal it v carlton, punt road end, standing room went beserk.

I'll add the Selwood tackle to that also.

 

[astrowizzle]

Let's hope the young kids he has mentored can follow in his footsteps
Now it's time for him to get down and dirty and start making kids with the spare time he has

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

 

[Nicholas61]

This man brought us so much joy in lean times... Thanks Walla.

So glad he's getting a send off game too.

So many highlights to mention but probably my two favorites were the Norf goal and an obscure moment where he ✌fairly✌ smashed Danger then skedaddled off...

Haha I have been thinking of that one - so good. Thanks for putting that up.

 

[andleanback]

Universally loved league wide. What a highlight reel this man has. Two that stick out for me , winning goal v norf and a goal at The G on the run to seal it v carlton, punt road end, standing room went beserk.

He was so good that day
The first goal he kicked was one of his best

 

[Lore]

the nutmeg goal

the time he smashed someone in a tackle and then helped them up

the clam tackle on dusty

 

[rumply]

Stuff the draft picks - win it for this guy

 

[citizen-erased]

the nutmeg goal

the time he smashed someone in a tackle and then helped them up

the clam tackle on dusty

the Dusty tackle was special
that was peak "don't argue" era to.

 

[MiguelM]

Something wrong with this photo (AFL home). Looks to be photoshopped the sh*t out of.
Makes him look like an midget!

 

[rumply]

 

[biglaycock]

This man brought us so much joy in lean times... Thanks Walla.

So glad he's getting a send off game too.

So many highlights to mention but probably my two favorites were the Norf goal and an obscure moment where he ✌fairly✌ smashed Danger then skedaddled off...

I remember Danger doing a radio interview a few days after this hit and he said it was like being hit by concrete

 

[brutus76]

Stick him in the goal square - 4 kicks = 4 goals

We love ya Walla!

 

[Air_Chester]

Gone I'm pretty sure.

Think we can be grateful Loonerty went a decade early with this post.

I feel bloody lucky to have been able to watch his career at Essendon from the very beginning in the VFL all the way until Friday night. Just one of the most beloved players ever to play for the club, or in the AFL in general for that matter. A quality human being.

Now to just find a way to keep him involved at the club in the future.

 

[Squeaky]

Well done Tippa!!
Finally there might be a reason to watch the game this Friday night.
Was a crowd fave - and he played in the right way. Ref: picking up Whitfield after he smashed him vs GWS.
The 7 vs Brisbane, Selwood tackle - but many others, North goal, Running baulking goal vs the Dees. It goes on and on.
Was a shining light in a fairly dark period for the club.
Best of luck in whatever is next Walla!!

 

[Chucks]

Still one of my favourite Essendon moments ever! Hearing the crowd noise/murmur creeping up, as Walla creeped up on WHE, was amazing - but then the roar when he got him was genuinely incredible. You knew that was game after that.

 

[silk]

Just a friendly reminder that this exists.. now when did my tissues get to?

 

[Schnitzengruben]

AMT - So good they named retired him twice!

Thank you Walla

 

[Ati Tude]

I was in London on holiday when Walla kicked the winning goal against the Kangas (2019 I believe). Had just got on a ferry on the Thames and decided bugger the roaming charges and watched the last 2 minutes on my phone. My son and I were at the front of this boat screaming as Walla kicked that goal. Everyone else thought we were escaped mental patients or something.

 

[mcgrath_truther]

I was in London on holiday when Walla kicked the winning goal against the Kangas (2019 I believe). Had just got on a ferry on the Thames and decided bugger the roaming charges and watched the last 2 minutes on my phone. My son and I were at the front of this boat screaming as Walla kicked that goal. Everyone else thought we were escaped mental patients or something.

to still support essendon you just might be

 

[eighties_bomber]

Well done Tippa

 

[Ati Tude]

to still support essendon you just might be

funny/sad, because it's true

 

[Wahooti Fandango]