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maybe it's the Buddy thing but I can't help wondering what Strawbs O'Dwyer did to get rubbed out of the '88 Grand Final.

Maybe this is one for WJ but can anyone who can remember fill me in?

How bad was it?

How many weeks did he get?

Would he have been rubbed out of a GF if he played for Colingwood?

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maybe it's the Buddy thing but I can't help wondering what Strawbs O'Dwyer did to get rubbed out of the '88 Grand Final.

Maybe this is one for WJ but can anyone who can remember fill me in?

How bad was it?

How many weeks did he get?

Would he have been rubbed out of a GF if he played for Colingwood?

Wasnt too bad. He whacked Steve Da Rui (from memory). Wasnt a king hit but was reckless. In the context of the Prelim Final, he was unlucky. There were plenty of incidents that game that could have had players reported i.e Kernahan on Duursma is just one.

Cant remember how many weeks he got.

If he played for Collingwood, who knows.

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maybe it's the Buddy thing but I can't help wondering what Strawbs O'Dwyer did to get rubbed out of the '88 Grand Final.

Maybe this is one for WJ but can anyone who can remember fill me in?

How bad was it?

How many weeks did he get?

Would he have been rubbed out of a GF if he played for Colingwood?

Funny thing about recollections. I thought he whacked the current Planning Minister in a ruck duel!

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It was Steve da Rui. It happened right in front of me. Strawbs had a penchant for whacking people but he didn't whack Da Rui. It was a push to the face, very tame for the times (altho would draw scrutiny today) and Da Rui majorly over-acted to get a free-kick and came up laughing. Strawbs record didn't help him.

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i.e Kernahan on Duursma is just one.

Still remember watching the replay of the Kernahan "attempt" on Jamie Duursma. As they are getting up off the ground Duursma is pointing to his head and you can see him mouthing the words "good one idiot" (or something to that effect).

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That thug Da Rui had just crunched Greg Healy unnecessarily and viciously, and Strawbs just ran in and swung an indiscriminate straight arm across Da Rui's upper body(?glancing his very ugly head), justifiably protecting his smaller team-mate.

It was an absolutely crucial blow for us to lose O'Dwyer. The selectors took Danny Hughes out of the backline to play ruck in the GF. This disrupted our backline and didn't help the ruck. I doubt Abbott would have got 6 goals with tough Danny nearby.(I'm not suggesting it made 96 points difference!).

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That thug Da Rui had just crunched Greg Healy unnecessarily and viciously, and Strawbs just ran in and swung an indiscriminate straight arm across Da Rui's upper body(?glancing his very ugly head), justifiably protecting his smaller team-mate.

It was an absolutely crucial blow for us to lose O'Dwyer. The selectors took Danny Hughes out of the backline to play ruck in the GF. This disrupted our backline and didn't help the ruck. I doubt Abbott would have got 6 goals with tough Danny nearby.(I'm not suggesting it made 96 points difference!).

Starting with Strectch at full back on Dunstall that day didnt help

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