blake caracella's unfortunate accident

Blake Caracella broke his neck that day.

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[papasuito]

what year was this?

[elchubenibre]

2006

[UncleChopChop]

Shit way for Blake's career to be ended - a broken neck AND playing for the Pies! All jokes aside though, I was gutted when he was traded from Essendon, at his best he was smooth as silk!

[TomatoBasil23]

i love afl but i couldn't play this sport

nothing but the guernsey on your back

utmost respect for the players' courage

[87nate87]

Notting would feel bad because he is a former team mate

[kingamonggoats]

People need to get some sense into them! Notting DID go the man, but that's how football is played. He was trying to bump caracella out of the contest so Notting could get the ball, however Notting had NO intention of hitting Caracella high as 9/10 it would be a free kick and he wouldn't benefit from it. It was a tragic day for AFL and Caracella however there was no malice in it and to this day those two men shake hands, as unlike some of you youtubers, they know it was an accident. Grow up!

[MacDaddy635]

Blake went to my high school, PARADE

[1studie]

most courage i have ever seen from a player.

rate up

[ty4mem]

@CaptainHowdy187 dont believe i said it was a slight touch. i said NOW anything that is a slight touch is a free kick. learn how to read dickhead

[CaptainHowdy187]

@zanedouglas101 I hope it's played on his mind CONSTANTLY ever since it happened!

And I hope he's thinking :

"Was that REALLY in the spirit of the game what I just did?"

"Had I gone the ball and not the man, might I have not retired and permanentley injured my former team-mate?"

"If I ever have a son that plays AFL rules, I'll show him the footage of my bump as a reminder that carelessness and recklessness can wind up costing a man his career and health for the rest of his life"

[CaptainHowdy187]

@LordJimmy God.....ANOTHER ONE? for FUCKS SAKE!!!

Take a GOOD look at the bump again. Watch Blake go down for the ball, he's not hit a split second afterwards, he's hit a good 1-2 seconds AFTER he slid down on the ground to pick up the ball, THEN the Brisbane player comes running in like a fuckin' BULL, LOOKING AT BLAKE, NOT THE BALL.

On the replay of the bump, look at the trajectory that the Brisbane player is coming from towards the contest, the ball is INFRONT of Blake, he goes FOR Blake.

[CaptainHowdy187]

@ty4mem You need to renew the prescription for your glasses son! If you think THAT was a "slight touch" then you have to be blind or just really fuckin' STUPID!

[CaptainHowdy187]

@AndrewVenes Accident? I'm not gonna try to argue that the Brisbane player TRIED to break his neck but seriously, come on! Blake goes down for the ball, in comes the Brisbane player AFTERWARDS, looking and aiming at Blake and he runs straight at his head when the ball was out infront of Blake. It's called not having eyes for the ball, his intention was to bump Blake off the ball and gain posesssion of the ball, there was NO NEED to come in THAT hard, it was absolutely reckless!

[CaptainHowdy187]

@CrimzonXDevil Aw fuckin' tell me about it mate! The Brisbane player DIDN'T have eyes for the ball, he ran in late, at full speed, CHARGING AT Blake rather than the ball and absolutely smashed him! he fracturing several vertebrae and bruising his spinal cord.......AND NOT EVEN A FREE KICK? When WAS this game? 1994? For fucks sake! a player would be done for AT-LEAST 8 weeks from a reckless bump like that.

Poor Blake, you deserved better son! FUCK that Brisbane cocksucker!