If former Carlton captain Marc Murphy had harbored any hopes of a footy comeback, he most likely simply dashed them in a humbling 10 minutes at Marvel Stadium.
The 300-game champion competed in opposition to North Melbourne legend and AFL video games report holder Brent Harvey in a half-time ‘Kick for the Youngsters’ goalkicking competitors through the Kangaroos-Blues Good Friday match.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Marc Murphy pulls his hamstring throughout a charity goalkicking contest.
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Murphy and Harvey needed to take photographs at purpose from numerous angles, with cash on provide for the Royal Kids’s Hospital’s Good Friday Enchantment for every purpose kicked.
Murphy, the 35-year-old who performed his 300th and remaining recreation of AFL in 2021, and 44-year-old Harvey, who retired again in 2016, each nonetheless appeared match.
However Murphy wasn’t fairly as match-ready as he thought he might need been.
The longtime Carlton captain grabbed at his hamstring after trying a banana kick from 30 meters out from purpose on the boundary.
Channel 7 commentator Abbey Holmes, who was co-hosting the charity occasion with Hamish McLachlan, observed Murphy grabbing the again of his leg.
“Please do not seize that hammy,” she stated.
“I really did that then,” Murphy stated by a barely embarrassed smile.
The group weren’t fairly positive if he was being critical or if it was all a part of the theatre.
But it surely quickly grew to become clear.
“Murph’s simply accomplished his hammy,” McLachlan stated by laughs.
The eye was drawn away from Murphy as Harvey ran in to kick one other purpose, however it shortly got here again.
“Have you ever truthfully accomplished your hammy?” McLachlan requested earnestly.
“A bit of bit… I feel so,” Murphy admitted.
“I stated to Murph, 30 seconds in the past, ‘How are the hammies?'” McLachlan stated.
“I gave it an excessive amount of, that final one,” Murphy defined.
The pair then posed with a $10,000 verify, which might be donated to the Kids’s Hospital on account of the competition.
“Murph, critically, have you ever accomplished your hammy?” McLachlan requested as soon as once more.
“I feel I’ve… It is all good,” Murphy stated.
