The seniors match between Culcairn and Billabong Crows at Culcairn was forced to be abandoned after Culcairn's Patrick Wall suffered a broken collarbone and was concussed on Saturday.
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The incident occurred during the second term after Wall was tackled by Crows forward Adam Lamb.
The Border Mail believes the umpires want to review footage of the incident on Sunday before deciding whether Lamb should be reported.
Trainers decided not to risk moving Wall who was forced to wait on the ground for an hour for an ambulance to arrive.
After the extended delay, the umpires decided the match should be abandoned with the points split and the match declared a draw.
Billabong Crows were leading 6.3 (39) to 2.2 (14) at the time of the incident.
Culcairn coach Tim Haines said the welfare of Wall was the priority in the aftermath of the incident.
"Unfortunately Pat seriously injured his shoulder with about five minutes before half-time," Haines said.
"Play was halted and an ambulance was called.
"By the time the ambulance arrived it was about an hour and the game was called off.
"I think Pat suffered a bit of concussion as well and it was a heavy tackle.
"Trainers from both sides did a good job and responded quickly when Pat was injured.
"It was a serious situation for everybody involved.
"The umpires decided it was too long a wait for the ambulance for the game to resume so it was called off.
"It's always a tough situation when someone gets seriously injured but these things happen in footy every now and then.
"Pat is a really likeable bloke, a previous vice-captain of the club and we just hope that he can make a full recovery as quickly as possible."
The Wall injury in another setback for the Lions who are already battling a crippling injury toll.
They suffered one of their worst losses since joining the Hume league in 1992 the previous week when they failed to score a goal against Henty who won by 20 plus goals.
Haines revealed he was forced to make 11 changes for the match against the Swampies.
"We've been unlucky and had a horror run with injuries early," he said.
"Last week from round 2 to round 3 we had to make 11 changes against Henty.
"There were a few more outs this week as well.
"I think somebody at the club must have walked under a ladder with the amount of bad luck we are having.
"Hopefully the worst is over and we can start getting a few more blokes back and try to build some momentum.
"Unfortunately it is hurting us at the moment and when we didn't score a goal against Henty I counted 15 blokes missing from our best 21.
"We were still able to field a seniors and reserves side which was probably one positive.
"So we have got enough numbers but we are a proud club that strives to win and we will keep trying to be as competitive as we possibly can be under the circumstances.
