Controversy even before the bounce in this match, as the official Richmond team sheet only names 21 players.
Eddie, furious and turning a strange shade of beetroot, demands answers from Benny Gale. "You'll be fined heavily for this Gale" says the petulant, always conflicted lite n easy candidate.
"Relax Ed, says Benny. We can wear the fine, we're the biggest sporting club in Australia, did you know we have over 100,000 members?"
Moments before the bounce, a hush falls over the huge crowd, then murmuring, then the tiger army ERUPTS
Alex Rance walks onto the G, hands a JW pamphlet to Treloar (thus fulfilling his religious commitments) and joins Dave and Optimus in the backline.
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