If you appeared like Isaac Heeney, you wouldn’t thoughts stepping on the scales on dwell TV both.
The Swans star was ambushed by Channel 7’s Brian Taylor within the sheds after Sydney’s emphatic win over Richmond on Friday night time at Adelaide Oval.
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The Swans had been clearly buzzing after keeping off a 3rd quarter combat again from the Tigers to run away with an excellent 18.14 (122) to 11.12 (78) win.
It confirmed within the jubilant post-match scenes within the dressing rooms as Taylor rolled round for his weekly Roaming Brian section.
He ultimately noticed Heeney stepping off the scales on the far finish of the room and was emphatic in telling Heeney to step again on the scales for the dwell TV broadcast.
Cameras captured the numbers that confirmed up on the scales and Heeney advised the commentator with a smile that he had misplaced “a couple” kilos.
Heeney grinned via the trade, however not everyone thought it was innocent enjoyable.
Debate has flared on social media over how applicable it was for Heeney to be placed on the spot.
Taylor was in a lose-lose state of affairs with some followers taking to Twitter to declare they wished to see extra of Heeney’s shredded physique, whereas some urged it overstepped the mark.
The Age’s soccer reporter Marnie Vinall acquired a flurry of responses after posting on Twitter: “We actually really don’t need to know, let alone televise, player’s weights”.
South Australian journalist Scott Murphy responded to the tweet by saying: “Anything to be ‘outraged’ about. PS, players weights are on the AFL app”.
Vinall additionally posted: “Not “outraged” simply making a essential remark – which male journos on this business do on a regular basis.
“And yep — as I said in the thread — I know this but that’s different from cornering a player doing a post match weigh in. Each to their own, just feels intrusive and weird to me.”
She additional defended her place when criticised by followers, posting: “Obviously there is public info around player weights, I know that, but post-match weigh ins don’t really seem for us + we’ve seen players uncomfortable with things like skinfolds.
“So 8/10 players are probably ok with it but it’s just a pretty weird and intrusive thing to do imo.
“Yeah I agree it’s interesting and if anyone wants to share that info, then great, but that’s a bit different to cornering someone weighing themselves and televising it.”
Heeney’s type on the sphere was as spectacular as his chiselled rig, once more amongst Sydney’s finest within the 44-point win in entrance of 42.134 spectators in Adelaide.
Tom Papley was the six-goal hero for the Swans, his second half explosion a brand new career-best rating return.
“It’s not always about the goals with Tom, although it was tonight,” Sydney coach John Longmire mentioned with a wry smile.
“His ability to hit the scoreboard at important times was crucial, but also his ability to win important one-on-ones up the ground then get back inside 50, keep his feet and hit the scoreboard was outstanding.
“He was really good.”
There was drama earlier within the match with the Swans denied a objective after the ball appeared to make contact with free padding on a goalpost.
The Swans face a tricky problem in opposition to the Cats in Geelong in Round 6.
Source: www.news.com.au
