- Extent of Jeremy Cameron’s injury revealed
Cats spearhead Jeremy Cameron pulled off the bravest moment of the AFL decider on Saturday after playing through the match with a broken arm.
Cameron, 32, copped a nasty knock early in the second quarter when he collided with teammate Patrick Dangerfield.
He was left clutching his right arm but bravely soldiered on through the match.
With 10 minutes left in the third quarter, Cameron re-injured himself while making an incredible chase-down tackle on Lions star Jaspa Fletcher, pulling him to the ground with one arm.
‘This might be a turning point here, the rundown chase by Jeremy Cameron,’ said Fox Footy’s Garry Lyon.
‘Fletcher looked at him and said ‘I’ve got you old boy’ – and even with the bad arm, he stuck it out and turned the footy over.’
Jeremy Cameron pulled off a heroic tackle on Saturday while playing with a broken arm
Sadly, Cameron landed on his injured arm while making the astonishing tackle.
‘It’s an inspirational chase from Jeremy Cameron to reach out with the left arm,’ Jason Dunstall said.
‘The problem is once he laid that tackle and went to ground, he had to use the sore arm to land on it.
‘That’s where the impact came, but it’s a courageous, gutsy effort. He’s hurting and it’s earned them a goal.’
Some footy fans believe the Geelong star should have been subbed off earlier for the good of the team and the player.
‘His arm is toast, should have been sent off at the break and given Martin a run while there was still a contest,’ posted one reddit user.
‘Yep that’s an insane decision. Jezza has had zero impact. It’s also a massive failure of duty of care,’ said another.
‘What the f**k were they smoking in the coaches box,’ said a third.
The Geelong star battled through the match with the nasty injury
Some fans believe that Cameron should have been substituted after the injury
Following the match, Cats coach Chris Scott confirmed the extent of the injury and how the difficult the decision was.
‘I’ll say one thing, and I hope this doesn’t sound like sour grapes. I think we all — and I’m at the head of the queue — will be rapt to see the back of the sub rule, because, besides the severity of the injury, the challenges there make planning difficult,’ he told media.
‘It feels like deja vu in respect, that we were waiting and waiting and waiting, and it didn’t feel like we could make that sub until we had some clarity there [with Cameron].
‘In the heat of the moment, it’s hard to work out, ‘Is it a crack? Is it a decent break? Can he play? Can’t he?’, and they took a long time to work that out.
‘But obviously, he was heavily limited from late in the second quarter.
‘I don’t think you have any choice but to submit yourself to your medical team and just give them the space to be able to do what they need to do.’
