Essendon forward Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti will play his 133rd and final AFL game against Collingwood at the MCG on Friday night.
Essendon cult hero Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti will farewell the AFL for a second, and almost certainly last, time against Collingwood on Friday night.
“It was eye-opening,” McDonald-Tipungwuti said. “It was an amazing feeling to go back and get that connection again to Country and meet other Indigenous people around Australia.“I really loved my journey; driving and camping and seeing beautiful places. Personally, I just needed that break to go back and sort of find myself again.
McDonald-Tipungwuti received a huge reception when he ran onto the ground in his comeback game this year as the substitute early in the last quarter of the round-one game against Hawthorn – and the reaction was even louder when he kicked a goal soon after.Coach Brad Scott described it at the time as a “great moment for Essendon fans and for our club”, and was effusive in his praise this week after the 30-year-old revealed he was hanging up the boots a second time.
“It’s a celebration for ‘Walla’. The turnaround from where he was to where he is now has been incredible, but by his own admission, [playing] next year is just a bridge too far for him, both physically and mentally.
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