Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti is again enjoying footy and it’s a wonderful sight to behold.
The Essendon livewire returned to the turf for the primary time in 588 days and had the Bombers trustworthy on the MCG up and off their seats, placing the icing on a 19.10 (124) to 9.11 (65) thrashing of Hawthorn.
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After being introduced into the sport within the fourth and last quarter, it didn’t take lengthy for the cult hero to search out himself within the thick of the motion.
Regardless of the end result all however assured after some third quarter dominance from the Bombers, the followers had been louder than ever any time Tipungwuti was within the neighborhood of the footy.
The noise reached scary heights when he marked simply inside 50 and went again to have a shot at objective. Prefer it was in 2021, the star ahead calmly went again and slotted the objective as the gang erupted.
Followers watching on couldn’t imagine what they had been seeing as Bombers and footy followers rejoiced in seeing the livewire again in motion.
“WE ARE CRYING RN,” Essendon tweeted.
Sports activities journalist Rohan Connolly tweeted: “You bloody magnificence Tippa”.
WWOS’ Chris De Silva wrote: “He’s right here and he’s excellent. What a second for Walla”.
McDonald-Tipungwuti completed the competition with 4 disposals and one objective to his title in promising indicators because the Bombers secured a convincing win.
Midfield duo Darcy Parish and Zach Merrett led the cost as they mixed for 64 disposals and 16 clearances.
After being down by 10 factors at quarter time, the Bombers kicked 16 objectives to 5 as they blitzed their rivals.
Regardless of the one-sided nature of the competition and the emphatic show from the Bombers, it was McDonald-Tipungwuti that was the discuss of the city.
“The most important factor immediately was Walla coming again, the gang beloved it,” skipper Merrett mentioned after the sport.
Requested after the sport the way it felt listening to the gang erupt as one when he strolled out onto the bottom, McDonald-Tipungwuti mentioned it was a particular second.
“It was a fantastic feeling, I used to be just about simply ready to go on,” he mentioned.
“Massive shout out to my mum she believed me all the best way. I made a wager along with her and mentioned if I can play once more I’ll purchase you a caravan, so yeah I acquired a caravan for her and due to all of the assist from household and associates.”
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