I can’t feel my jaw..
It was all over by half-time.
The Blues kicked 3.4 in the second quarter to our solitary behind.
We salvaged some respect by outgunning them in the second half, but it was never going to be enough.
Deep into the third term I dragged myself off the ground after having a shocker. But I got all of two minutes rest before my counterpart in the back pocket came running off looking for a swap.
So with about two minutes left on the clock I sprinted back down there, straight into the action. Didn’t even have time to put my mouthguard back in…
Which turned out to be quite unfortunate. Half a minute later and I had the ball on the wing. I was effing exhausted and all I could see was a big blue blur coming right at me. I got my kick away half a second before Stuey crashed into me.
On the upside we did end up with a Down-The-Field Free Kick for his Late Bump on me (which resulted in an after the siren goal!), but on the downside I lost the use of my jaw for 72 hours…
The ONE time I’ve actually needed a mouthguard in the Stockholm Australian Football League. To add insult to the loss, I couldn’t even eat my burger at the post-match BBQ :-/
The very last moment before I lost complete use of my jaw for the weekend. Cheers Stuey!
Doing my best to milk a free kick for Holding The Man and/or High Tackle. I got neither…