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So Sad…He Won’t Play Again!!Young Essendon star Nate Caddy…

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Young Essendon star Nate Caddy has flattened an umpire during the third quarter of his team’s clash with Gold Coast on Saturday.

In the match at Marvel Stadium (the Suns won by 41 points), Caddy was charging into the forward line as the Bombers attacked and ran straight into field umpire Robert O’Gorman who hit the deck hard.

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On the broadcast, O’Gorman’s mic picked up the sound of the collision as the wind was taken out of him.

 

The big hit has come after the AFL announced during the week that there was a crackdown on players making contact with umpires.

 

Under the rule change, any player who makes careless contact with an umpire four or more times in a two-year period faces being sent to the tribunal and a possible banHowever, ther AFL was more concerned with that contact been made during stoppages, not incidental contact around the field.

 

The commentators at first taken aback when they heard the sound of the umpire falling.

 

But a second glance seemed to suggest Caddy was not at fault.

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