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he was suspended in that 1999 prelim. but i get your point.Forget Jason McCartney did we?
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he was suspended in that 1999 prelim. but i get your point.Forget Jason McCartney did we?
Nah Hodge is definently hard. Plays football like a man, gives it out but never shirked a contest and never complained. Not many blokes play the game like him anymore.Hell of a bump!
The interesting part in this thread is all the old heads talking about the tough, 'ard blokes from bygone years. I honestly think a lot of the players now are harder than they were.
They definitely crack into the contest harder and more often, tackle and get tackled more. Less cheap shots and more genuine tough football.
Joel Selwood, as much as I hate to say it, is an extremely hard footballer. The way he draws free kicks is frustrating, but the fact he gets so many really speaks to how much contest work he does. Simply does not shirk.
Luke Hodge, biased maybe but he was definitely a hard footballer. Showing his ribs in the 2008 Grand Final then going on to win a Norm Smith was tremendous. No backward steps ever taken.
Who would be the toughest, most courageous, and most feared player that you have ever seen play football?
Leigh Matthews would be the first name that comes to mind- he played it tough, hard and dirty at times but when it came to his turn to take a hit he never backed down. Plus he was a great player and kicked over 900 goals.
Josh Hunt style hey?Except for that one time in a SOO game, after he'd taken Cable out, when he put in some short steps going back with the flight, when no-one was within 20 metres of him and he did a one armed, short armed jab in effort to mark the ball.
Josh Hunt style hey?
Hell of a bump!
The interesting part in this thread is all the old heads talking about the tough, 'ard blokes from bygone years. I honestly think a lot of the players now are harder than they were.
They definitely crack into the contest harder and more often, tackle and get tackled more. Less cheap shots and more genuine tough football.
Joel Selwood, as much as I hate to say it, is an extremely hard footballer. The way he draws free kicks is frustrating, but the fact he gets so many really speaks to how much contest work he does. Simply does not shirk.
Luke Hodge, biased maybe but he was definitely a hard footballer. Showing his ribs in the 2008 Grand Final then going on to win a Norm Smith was tremendous. No backward steps ever taken.
They were tough, hard men especially those of the 20s and 30s. Many of them were playing on a Saturday arvo after working in the boot factories, breweries and abattoirs on a Saturday morning. The players of today would not cope with the struggle or disadvantage those players went on the field with. There is no comparison.
Wow that's amazing, surely there's no one these days that could handle working in an abattoir then playing footy on the weekend. Except, you know, the people that do it.
Stupidly brave.Mark Harvey.
Colbert is the most courageous player I reckon I've seen. Fearless, was often too courageous for his own good. Theres courage and then theres stupidity and he crossed the line on numerous times
The most courageous player I've seen at the Dogs is Chris Grant. Rarely gets any credit for it but time and time again he backs into packs, he never takes a backwards step and he has played with some terrible injuries. He hurt his medial ligament in 2005 against Hawthorn in a game he went into with a fractured jaw that got plated during the week and a shoulder that had popped out. How do you play with a dislocated shoulder and fractured jaw??
He's fearless, tough and still fair
Bob chitty