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I was just enjoying breakfast on this fine Sunday morning, basking in the overglow of the win and reading the excellent reports from Nick Taylor in Pretoria and well as some great photo's by Jodie D'Arcy.
The bugger me if I dont choke on my weeties when I get to the inside of the back page to see the "Serve of the Week" by "WA's Hardest hitting sports journalist Kim Hagdorn.
Now I can get an electronic copy of the column but the "Serve of the week" was directed at "Western Force Coach John MItchell in suspending Scott Fava for breaching club drinking rules"
He goes on to say " Mitchell and his staff should not have made public issue of a top player and potential match winner".
He goes on to say " It might have been different if Fava, Shepherd and Sare been nursiing injuries when an absolute alcohol ban been wise to prevent soft tissue swelling and bleeding"
Well heres my serve back to you pal.
Team rules are team rules and the players play a part in formulating them as well as the punishments.
While we as fans are dissapointed in Scotts actions we fully support him and the decisions made by the team and the team management.
To say that the team management should "not have made public issue" would only have left them open to pubic ridicule by journalists like you when the story was "broken".
I dont know if you played rugby mate but after every game players have swelling and soft tissue injury and this measure has been put in to allow the players the great traditions of sharing a drink with team mates and opponents after the game while making sure they also have a controlled recovery.
We the fans are also very aware that the AFL bias of the press here in WA who would just love for our players to "play up" and be the equal of the cocaine sniffing, booze bus running, game betting and car crashing heros of the AFL, and be the scorn of blokes like you.
His email is hagdornk@sundaytimes.newsltd.com.au