admin writes, "There have been some strange (and funny) incidents happen in the history of the VFL/AFL, but is this something that could happen today?"
Could you magine a player missing the 2009 Preliminary Final because he missed the bus?
And if he did, what would happen if his replacement had consumed a feast of fast-food and half a packet of cigarettes in the hour, or two, leading up to the match?
It sounds like another one of the strange adventures of Bryan Strauchan, but it did happen.
Not to Strauchney, but to one of St.Kilda's former captains.
Read more in the 'Headlines From History' section at
http://www.australianrulesfootball.com.au/pages/HFH_archives
