Brayden Maynard’s go to to the house of Demon Angus Brayshaw has reportedly “angered” one Melbourne participant who needed to “leave the room” when the Collingwood defender arrived.
Maynard went to the house of Brayshaw on Friday, lower than 24 hours after the hit that left the Dees veteran knocked unconscious for as much as two minutes on the MCG turf.
SEN’s Sam Edmund revealed Maynard arrived with “flowers and wine” – however what transpired was an “awkward” go to as a number of Melbourne gamers have been already on the house supporting their injured teammate.
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“I’m told Maynard’s visit was awkward,” Edmund mentioned on Sportsday on Monday.
“He was allowed in but the awkwardness was actually heightened by the fact that Brayshaw already had multiple Melbourne teammates visiting him the day after the game.
“From what I’ve been told, one of those teammates was particularly angered by Maynard’s presence and had to remove himself from the room just to make sure nothing untoward eventuated.
“The teammate removed himself – a Melbourne player.
“Despite Maynard’s good intentions, this wasn’t a well-received visit.
“According to the people I’ve spoken to close to this, it was more of an awkward ‘well we’ll let him in because we can’t turn him away’ and then it just got more awkward from there.”
AFL 360 co-host Mark Robinson mentioned there was “angst” among the many Brayshaw camp.
“The Brayshaw camp want a suspension. There’s a few people close to Angus who believe that was a deliberate act by Maynard to hurt Angus Brayshaw,” Robinson advised Fox Footy’s AFL 360.
“So there’s another layer to the legal complexities, there’s the concussion debate overall … but the emotional layer is there’s a lot of angst.
“I wouldn’t say it’s outright anger, but there’s a lot of angst that a player can get knocked out for two minutes – which is very emotive … this is just a sport and they want justice.”
AFL 360 co-host Gerard Whateley added: “Brayshaw was feeling anger on Thursday night and he wanted no part of Maynard at that point.”
Fox Footy’s Jon Ralph mentioned the Demons stay “livid” over the assist Maynard has been receiving for the hit that has greater than doubtless ended Brayshaw’s season – and doubtlessly his profession given his concussion historical past.
“I don’t think he’d play again this year,” Ralph mentioned On the Couch.
“The Demons are just livid about this – they feel like Brayden Maynard is being supported by people despite knocking out a player.”
The membership’s anger comes as Brayshaw’s brother Hamish mentioned the 27-year-old would now bear mind scans on account of the Maynard collision.
“I spoke to him earlier on today – he’s having some scans on his brain from the same doctor who looked after him a few years ago,” Hamish Brayshaw advised media from the Sandover Medal rely in Perth.
“Health comes number one and he’s got a life to live after football.”
Brayshaw, who’s engaged to the daughter of the late Danny Frawley, has endured a surprising run with concussion – struggling 4 within the area of 12 months earlier in his profession.
Fox Footy’s Garry Lyon mentioned the entire Maynard/Brayshaw collision had rocked each the Brayshaw and Frawley households, given the historical past they’ve endured with head knocks.
“We just want to give a shout out to the Brayshaw family. There’s emotion around this everywhere – Angus has had history of course for a long period of time,” he mentioned On the Couch.
“For his mum and dad, it would have been a harrowing experience (to see him unconscious and then stretchered off the MCG).
“I’m led to believe he was out cold, not concussed, but out cold for a period of time.
“Of course his fiancee is Danielle Frawley, who’s part of the Frawley family. Our great friend Danny had posthumous CTE issues and mental health issues and for Anita and the Frawley family, it’s been pretty traumatic as well.
“We just want to shout out to the Frawley family.”
Maynard will head to the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday in a bid to cut back the ban he’s been handed that may finish his 2023 season.
Originally printed as Brayden Maynard’s awkward go to to bump sufferer Angus Brayshaw
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
