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The most touching part of Geelong’s emphatic victory over Adelaide on Thursday night was the way the players of both sides acknowledged Paul Seedsman as he left the arena on the back of the motorised stretcher.
No doubt this was inspired by the concern in the AFLW shown to Erin Phillips when she also left the field in this manner.
It is a new level of respect, and a compliment to the female players that they have already influenced the culture of the game to this extent.
Whilst the margin in the game was only four goals, Geelong were in control all night in an even team performance.
Tom Hawkins got two goals and Gary Ablett one, but neither advanced up either the AFL top 100 or Geelong top 100 goal-scorers list.
The only one that did was Patrick Dangerfield, whose solitary goal took him to level with the other Sellwood, Joe, who played for the Cats in the 1930s and ’40s.
The exciting news for the Cats, however, was that five of their six new 2019 recruits appeared on the scoreboard, with Gryan Miers having the most impact, scoring three goals.
For the Crows, Tom Lynch was the only multiple goal-scorer, with Taylor Walker scoring one, Josh Jenkins one and Eddie Betts none.
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Walker now has a total of two goals in three games, and at this rate, it will take him a long time to accumulate the four more goals he needs to break into the AFL top 100 goal-scorers list.
The only movers up the Crows charts, with their solitary goal efforts, were Rory Sloane equalling Rod Jameson, Rory Atkins catching Michael Murphy, and Riley Knight drawing level with Kym Koster and Luke Jericho in the lower ranks.
Paul Seedsman has certainly experienced the bittersweet nature of AFL football.
The only member of his family in the last three generations to emulate the achievement of his great grandfather Jim Sharp and play VFL/AFL football, Seedsman started his career at Collingwood, the club he loved and the club his great grandfather served well.
After four seasons, he left the Magpies one game short of his 50 matches with the club and moved to Adelaide.
At the start of the 2019 season he was expected to – along with his team-mate Riley Knight – break into the elite list of top 100 game-players for the Crows in Round 2.
However, an injury kept him out of the first round, and as a result, Riley Knight made the cut in Round 2 as Seedsman missed out.
Seedsman did make it in Round 3, sharing the hot seat with Andrew Eccles and Jonathon Griffin, whilst Knight moved higher up the list.
However, his serious leg injury means Seedsman may be stuck on that number for a number of weeks with the possibility that Hugh Greenwood will usurp him and the bar will be raised one more game.
The latest news on his injury is encouraging, and – given he has escaped ACL damage – he may be back on the paddock sooner than first expected.
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