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The Age
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Age
ACL injury fear for star on a nightmare night for Essendon; Dockers prevail over Hawks in Perth thriller
Go to latest Vlastuin marks milestone with a win on a horror night for Bombers Essendon fear star midfielder Nic Martin has injured his anterior cruciate ligament in the Bombers' upset loss to Richmond in one of the worst matches of the season. The Tigers celebrated premiership hero Nick Vlastuin's 250th game with a stirring nine-point victory – 6.10 (46) to 4.13 (37) – despite not scoring a goal in the second and third quarters. Martin's right knee twisted when he was tackled by Rhyan Mansell in the first quarter of the game. His left knee crashed into the Astroturf surrounding the boundary, but the damage was done to the ACL in his right knee. The Bombers are also sweating on a foot injury to important on-baller Will Setterfield, who was trodden on. He was sporting a large ice pack to his right foot in the rooms. The Dons' lengthy injury list has provided an alibi for their performances this season but a loss to the similarly depleted and rebuilding Tigers will put Brad Scott's team under scrutiny. The Tigers and Bombers came into this game with losing streaks of seven and five games respectively – and played accordingly. The two clubs played the first goalless quarter of the season in a match riddled with errors. Neither side could perform the basics of the game. Kicks were punted out of bounds under little pressure. Ground balls were fumbled, and uncontested chest marks were grassed. Surprisingly, the 47 kick clangers exceeded by just three the season average of 44. Not that those in the yellow and black in the crowd of 52,125 will mind. For the Tigers faithful who have kept coming in this dark season, they were rewarded with a fourth victory of the year, and a win to complement their memorable upset over another fierce rival, Carlton, on the first night of their campaign. And they saw a favourite son, Vlastuin, honoured in a milestone game. He was chaired off by Nathan Broad and Ben Miller to a guard of honour formed by players from both clubs. Fittingly, the gun defender made a key spoil in the closing seconds which snuffed out any hope the Bombers had of pinching the game at the death. Full-time: Richmond 6.10 (46) defeat Essendon 4.13 (37)
7NEWS
07-07-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Richmond veteran Nick Vlastuin floors Patrick Dangerfield after ‘five years of chasing'
Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield has revealed Richmond veteran Nick Vlastuin has 'been chasing him for five years' after the pair were involved in another spicy on-field clash. Vlastuin was knocked out in the opening minutes of the 2020 grand final when he was copped the full force of Dangerfield's elbow after the superstar Cat punched a loose ball clear. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Nick Vlastuin and Patrick Dangerfield clash again. The star defender was stretchered from the field and played no further part until he collected the third of his premiership medals after the Tigers stormed to a famous victory. The day after the incident, when Vlastuin was celebrating with teammates, he said it was 'just one of those contests' and didn't fault Dangerfield. 'I was just going for the ball and I think Dangerfield was too. it's just one of those contests,' he told The Age. 'The contest happened that quickly, you can't do anything like that [deliberately]. It is just one of those things in footy.' But five years on and Vlastuin appears to have exacted some sort of revenge. During Saturday's clash involving the two sides, Vlastuin floored Dangerfield with a brutal and fair bump. The Geelong captain was able to get up and play out the game. Channel 7 commentator Campbell Brown had no doubts Vlastuin was trying to get some revenge. 'As a player you never forget and remember he got knocked out very early in that grand final by Danger ... I reckon he's kept that on memory, waited five years and thought here's my opportunity,' he said on Channel 7's Footy Feast. Dangerfield said the commentary about revenge 'might be on the money'. 'He's been chasing me for five years,' Dangerfield said on SEN. 'I said to him, 'mate, you guys won the game, don't worry about the incident'. 'But that's footy.' When pressed further by host David King, Dangerfield doubled down again. 'Have you not been listening to me, Kingy. I said for five years he's been chasing me,' Dangerfield continued. 'He didn't have me, let's make that clear, but he has been chasing me for five years. 'I better keep the rear vision mirror on every time we play the Tigers,' he added with a laugh.
