Myrtleford midfielder Elijah Wales has produced one of the most courageous efforts in the club’s 67-year history in the league, playing the last quarter against Wodonga Raiders with a fractured cheekbone.
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And Wales was sensational in the Saints’ surge as they fought back from six goals down to lose by a kick.
“”Yeah, it was pretty swollen, I pinched a nerve in my cheek as well, so my face was just numb,” he said.
But there’s some good news with the 21-year-old set to miss only one game, away to second-placed Yarrawonga, on Saturday.
Last week’s loss has effectively ended the Saints’ season as they’re three wins out of the top five, with just five games left.
But coach Leigh Corcoran wants his team to retain the free-flowing style.
“Yeah definitely, that’s something we’ve been encouraging all year and we’ve just seen it in bits and pieces,” he said.
“We want to be instinctive and decisive, take the game on and move it by foot as quickly as possible.”
