From back brace to Brisbane
It was his second game as a top-age player for the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup when Noah Answerth flew for a mark. The rebounding half-back had done it countless times before but this time against the Eastern Ranges was different. Answerth fell hard, another player landing on top of him, constricting his body at a compromising angle into the ground. The then 17-year-old lay on the Ikon Park surface, awaiting assistance from medical staff to stretcher him off and take him down the race, as onlookers...