Okay, here is a 4th teenager in the last 6 weeks with head injuries from assault during play at a footy game, this time another broken jaw. The tally, 3 broken jaws, 1 with blindness in one eye and spinal damage. Also in the article, an entire team is forfeiting the last 2 matches of the season due to an endemic violence issue they have.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...er-punch-which-broke-jaw-20180809-p4zwli.html
Who knows if there is anything else, hopefully nothing. But 4 in 6 weeks? "Houston we have a problem".
Neville Bruns' call for 12 months out of the game is starting to look increasingly less far fetched.
Andy forgiving Gaff publicly is hardly surprising, aside from the timing perhaps. It feels a little soon. I'd love to know his thoughts after a couple of beers though. I'd wager this is purely to cool tensions and try to move on. Crossing fingers, toes and everything in between this doesn't have serious long term physical or mental repercussions on AB.
It's been a very ugly chapter in the game's history. Made uglier still by the reaction to it by those in Gaff's camp.