Oppo Camp The Non-North Footy Discussion & Matchday Chat Thread (NNFD&MCT) IX

[LuvtheKangas]

Who is it? Behind a paywall

Aaron Shattock

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/lions-premiership-player-fighting-for-life-after-shocking-incident/news-story/ef97b0bd32b44ce2568941ca6af569ca

 

[gokangas]

Steven May seems to be unlucky, often.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/afl-stars-tom-lynch-dion-prestia-and-steven-may-caught-up-in-latenight-fracas-near-continental-hotel-at-sorrento/news-story/0f32ff738c4e7b0c27891a09e79546e6

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Tigers tall charged with assault​

Noah Balta has been charged with assault

RICHMOND tall Noah Balta has been charged with assault after an incident this week.

The Tigers confirmed on Wednesday night that Balta, 25, has been charged after an incident on Monday, December 30.

The club declined to comment further given the matter is now before the courts

The AFL is aware of the incident.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1264089/richmond-tigers-tall-noah-balta-charged-with-assault

 

[North1411]

Tigers tall charged with assault​

Noah Balta has been charged with assault

RICHMOND tall Noah Balta has been charged with assault after an incident this week.

The Tigers confirmed on Wednesday night that Balta, 25, has been charged after an incident on Monday, December 30.

The club declined to comment further given the matter is now before the courts

The AFL is aware of the incident.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1264089/richmond-tigers-tall-noah-balta-charged-with-assault

He has been charged, does that mean he cannot play?

 

[shinboner magic]

He has been charged, does that mean he cannot play?

Someone online mentioned that balta used a bottle in the assault

 

[koshari]

Balta bopped someone?

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

What a dickhead.

 

[Gumble Frankieton]

Mulwala and AFL footballers in court is almost a tradition now.
Perhaps Balta can go the ‘don’t convict me as I want to be a firefighter’ option à la Heath Scotland:

Carlton best and fairest winner Heath Scotland escapes conviction over Mulwala brawl king hit

Scotland escapes king hit conviction

www.foxsports.com.au

https://www.afl.com.au/news/85432

 

[DuckYeah]

Hmm so Cats have had the Bruhn (alledged sexual assault), Stengle (drunk nightclub) and this most recent assault report and what scrutiny have they had on them from the AFL media?

SACK HIM! Guilty by media and public opinion.. Sonja and Jen wouldn’t stand for this. Lynch the young fella

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Mulwala and AFL footballers in court is almost a tradition now.
Perhaps Balta can go the ‘don’t convict me as I want to be a firefighter’ option à la Heath Scotland:

Carlton best and fairest winner Heath Scotland escapes conviction over Mulwala brawl king hit

Scotland escapes king hit conviction

www.foxsports.com.au

https://www.afl.com.au/news/85432

Nothing like suggesting your own sentence.

 

[Passmore]

Balta bopped someone?

Balta belted someone.

 

[Gumble Frankieton]

Nothing like suggesting your own sentence.

Two weeks on a Thai island thanks

 

[koshari]

SACK HIM! Guilty by media and public opinion.. Sonja and Jen wouldn’t stand for this. Lynch the young fella

Jen never sacked tt. Tt sacked tt.

 

[andana]

Two weeks on a Thai island thanks

A 22-year-old Spanish tourist died on Friday after being attacked by an elephant she was bathing in Thailand,



Blanca Ojanguren García was washing the animal at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre in Koh Yao district of Phangnga province when it sank its tusk in her, later leading to her death.

 

[Samsquanch]

A 22-year-old Spanish tourist died on Friday after being attacked by an elephant she was bathing in Thailand,



Blanca Ojanguren García was washing the animal at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre in Koh Yao district of Phangnga province when it sank its tusk in her, later leading to her death.

That happened to my mother's uncle. No bullshitting. He survived.

GORED BY ELEPHANT. - CIRCUS HAND'S ESCAPE. Pinned Against Motor-truck. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 30 Sep 1929

Hatty Greatorex, aged 21 years, of North street, Reservoir, had a remarkable escape on Saturday afternoon when an elephant attacked him at Pony's circus, Yarraville, ...

trove.nla.gov.au

 

[andana]

That happened to my mother's uncle. No bullshitting. He survived.

GORED BY ELEPHANT. - CIRCUS HAND'S ESCAPE. Pinned Against Motor-truck. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 30 Sep 1929

Hatty Greatorex, aged 21 years, of North street, Reservoir, had a remarkable escape on Saturday afternoon when an elephant attacked him at Pony's circus, Yarraville, ...

trove.nla.gov.au

" The elephant was known to be dangerous".
That's coz they are wild animals. Elephants in Thai camps have been beaten to get them to be docile to entertain tourists.

 

[Samsquanch]

" The elephant was known to be dangerous".
That's coz they are wild animals. Elephants in Thai camps have been beaten to get them to be docile to entertain tourists.

True on both counts. I had seen elephants in a Thai jungle village north of Chiang Mai back in the early 90s - they looked OK compared to the one's I'd seen more recently, chained to posts by the side of the road in Bali.


As a kid, I can recall seeing the scars on Uncle Harry's stomach. It didn't look like it was a minor injury but none of us kids believed his story - we only found out that it was true years later.

And how's the Argus, Sep 30/1929 article, where it lists the street addresses of the people involved in the story (Particularly, Mr Mgrath's as where he lived was completely irrelevant to the elephant)?

 

[Gasometer]

True on both counts. I had seen elephants in a Thai jungle village north of Chiang Mai back in the early 90s - they looked OK compared to the one's I'd seen more recently, chained to posts by the side of the road in Bali.


As a kid, I can recall seeing the scars on Uncle Harry's stomach. It didn't look like it was a minor injury but none of us kids believed his story - we only found out that it was true years later.

And how's the Argus, Sep 30/1929 article, where it lists the street addresses of the people involved in the story (Particularly, Mr Mgrath's as where he lived was completely irrelevant to the elephant)?

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Nearly 100 years ago

Wat happened to the Elephant?

And Uncle?

 

[Samsquanch]

Nearly 100 years ago

Wat happened to the Elephant?

And Uncle?

Uncle Harry passed away around 30 years ago. I'm unsure about the elephant - I wasn't at Arden St that fateful day although my wife was (elephant match day).

And here's the really weird thing... When I was about 13 or 14 I stayed at uncle Harry's place. We visited his wife's brother while we were there. Saw the young girl who lived next door. Had a chat but then went home.

Wind the clock forward about 10 years and I realised that the house we visited was next door to where my wife lived and the girl ended up... Well... She is a North Melbourne supporter.

 

[Gasometer]

Uncle Harry passed away around 30 years ago. I'm unsure about the elephant - I wasn't at Arden St that fateful day although my wife was (elephant match day).

And here's the really weird thing... When I was about 13 or 14 I stayed at uncle Harry's place. We visited his wife's brother while we were there. Saw the young girl who lived next door. Had a chat but then went home.

Wind the clock forward about 10 years and I realised that the house we visited was next door to where my wife lived and the girl ended up... Well... She is a North Melbourne supporter.

The elephant that got stuck into Uncle Harry?

Fair trip from Reservoir to Yarraville. Probably mostly bush 100 years ago?

I remember when Melbourne ended at Broadmeadows back in the 70’s

 

[Samsquanch]

The elephant that got stuck into Uncle Harry?

Fair trip from Reservoir to Yarraville. Probably mostly bush 100 years ago?

I remember when Melbourne ended at Broadmeadows back in the 70’s

It would have been a fair trip back in the day. I've only been to Reservoir a couple of times myself as it's still a long way away.

Was joking about the Arden St elephant of course, but it was also a circus animal that went a bit OOC.

 

[Hojuman]

It would have been a fair trip back in the day. I've only been to Reservoir a couple of times myself as it's still a long way away.

Was joking about the Arden St elephant of course, but it was also a circus animal that went a bit OOC.

Been to Reservoir, as if

 

[Groucho]

It would have been a fair trip back in the day. I've only been to Reservoir a couple of times myself as it's still a long way away.

Was joking about the Arden St elephant of course, but it was also a circus animal that went a bit OOC.

I was at the elephant game ( no I really was!), but on the other side of the ground near the Collingwood race , and that elephant was definitely spooked by the loud instantaneous roar from the pies crowd as they ran out. Still laugh when I think of what my brother said as it unfolded in a serious but matter of fact tone: “they really shouldn’t have elephants at the footy”

 

[King Corey]

Did we win the elephant game?

On-field I mean.

 

[Samsquanch]

And Uncle?

By the way, Uncle Harry was active in the St John Ambulance for years = most of the 60s and 70s. He did first aid work at the footy. If any of you were ever treated by an old bloke who was quite obviously an asthmatic, who had the middle two fingers missing from his left hand and who could talk the leg of a chair on almost any topic under the sun then you've met him!

He baracked for Footscray by the way.

Concluding the story on a Non-North Footy related point.