robrulz5 wrote:Round 10 1996. The lights go out at Waverley and the match against St.Kilda is completed on the Tuesday night. The AFL allowed clubs to make changes to their original sides, who were the inclusions and who was dropped for Essendon?
There were 5 changes.
Well, I was there and it was an amazing 'experience'.
No players were "dropped", they were either "rested" or injured.
I know James Hird came in along with Justin Blumfield (for his first game). I know I (Ben Doolan) missed Part II along with Bomber Thompson.
I had to look up the rest. Chris Daniher, Scott Cummings and Che Cockatoo-Collins also went out, and Steve Alessio, Danny Morgan (now there's a household name) and David Calthorpe also came in.
I didn't go back for Part II - I chose to listen to the rest of the game on 3AW. I laughed out loud when Rex and the gang gave James Hird a vote even though he only played the remaining 35 minutes of the match! Some bloke went ballistic in the crowd outside their commetary box and banged on their window screaming abuse because Nathan Burke didn't get any. Rex got up, opened the door and yelled abuse back. Funny shit!