Collingwood nice Nathan Buckley drew an enormous crowd to the small city of Darnum on Sunday as he laced up the boots for his first sport of footy in 17 years.
Sadly, the comeback lasted a grand whole of 9 minutes, 32 seconds, in keeping with his good mate Jonathan Brown, who was in attendance.
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The 50-year-old Buckley reportedly appeared implausible within the warm-up and managed to put an early deal with and have one hand move.
And then he did a hammy.
Brown, who had introduced an enormous group of supporters with him, defined what unfolded on Fox Footy’s On The Couch.
“Yesterday we had a big bus trip, I took 50 punters up to Nilma Darnum footy club to watch the great Nathan Buckley make his comeback after 15 years,” Brown mentioned in entrance of Buckley and host Garry Lyon.
“And after nine minutes and 32 seconds, bang, the hamstring torn, much to the frustration of the great man himself and the whole crowd there.”
Darnum, which lies about 110km east of Melbourne, is credited with a inhabitants of 751 folks, in keeping with the 2016 census.
It is known an important lots of these locals and lots of of others had been in attendance for the match that includes the Brownlow and North Smith Medal winner from his 218 AFL video games with the Pies.
Buckley is the newest former AFL participant to function within the Carlton Draft group program, becoming a member of the likes of former Swan Josh Kennedy, Jordan Lewis and Kane Cornes.
Lyon and Brown couldn’t resist poking enjoyable at his efficiency On The Couch.
“I’ve got a man who’s slumped in and hanging out down the end of the couch,” Lyon mentioned in his introduction.
“Nathan Buckley, the comeback didn’t quite come off in the manner that we all thought it would, or did it?”
Buckley rapidly replied: “It did go the way we thought it would and that was ending with an injury.”
In a section known as The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Brown labelled Buckley’s return each unhealthy and ugly.
After sustaining the harm, Buckley appeared on from the bench for the remainder of the primary quarter and later helped out the teaching workers.
It’s not recognized whether or not this inauspicious return has motivated Buckley to make any additional appearances both as a participant or coach. We suspect not.
Originally revealed as AFL nice Nathan Buckley’s return to footy didn’t go to plan
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
