‘Horrible scenes’ as Bombers win soured by means of grotesque damage

Essendon hung on for a slender victory towards North Melbourne, however one devastating incident put a dampener at the end result.

In a low-scoring conflict at Marvel Stadium, it was once the Bombers who walked away with the the most important 65-62 win to stay them inside of putting distance of the AFL’s top-eight.

However, it did come at a worth with Harrison Jones struggling a dislocated ankle.

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The 24-year-old leapt for a ball earlier than it went out of bounds, however landed awkwardly and right away clutched at his decrease leg and stayed down towards the fence.

Jones was once taken from the sphere by means of medicab after a long prolong.

“That’s not a good sign,” Mark Howard mentioned on Fox Footy.

“You heard ‘hold on, we need a stretcher’ which is really bad news.”

Wide World of Sports have opted to not display photos or pictures of the incident.

Fox Footy’s Jon Ralph spoke because the Essendon gamers and personnel reacted to the damage.

“Horrible scenes here as Harrison Jones taken off in a medical cart. The entire Essendon medical fraternity attempted to comfort him there,” he mentioned.

“They’ll be really worried about a fractured ankle. Really sombre scenes here as the Essendon players looking on as he was finally taken off on the medical cart.

There was also criticism that play was allowed to continue while medical staff hurried to attend to Jones, despite him being outside the field of play.

“That’s unusual,” David King said on commentary.

“I imply, if the stretcher’s coming at the box, the sport stops. That’s an error.”