Doc Hattori
Team Captain
i played in that game, disguisting spectacle. Unfortunately wrong guy targetted as the culprit and 2 or 3 brawls followed with plenty of kicking and cheap king hits thrown from behind, if there was not 2 sixteen year old kids umpiring who had little to no control it would of been called off. From memory haddy ended up with no bench and 4 injured players taking up the full forward line and one of the flanks. Not a lot of toughness witnessed that day, more dirty!
I agree it was more dirty than tough. The brawl flared again thanks to a conscious effort by one side to attack individual opponents after a bounce. This was when both sides appeared to be trying to get back to the footy after the original incident and brawl.
It then reached its peak at half time (3rd brawl??) so there was no much the umpires could do at that stage. A host of league officials appeared while this was raging and probably made the decision to let the game go on.