| Sam Mitchell Puts The Team First |
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| Written by Andrew Clark |
| Wednesday, 28 May 2008 08:08 |
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Hawthorn Captain Sam Mitchell has made the ultimate individual sacrifice and has accepted a reprimand for a tripping charge on Melbourne's Simon Buckley. This means that the equal brownlow medal favourite is now out of the running for the AFL's highest individual honour. For Sam, the decision to lead his team against the Western Bulldogs rather than risk sitting on the sidelines for a week, was an easy one. "To get out of it with a reprimand and get to play on the weekend, I think any player in the competition would take that rather than some individual accolade" he told channel 9. "The risk of missing a game of footy, especially at such an important part of the year against a good quality club that is going really well, it was a pretty easy decision". The Hawks take on the Western Bulldogs at Aurora Stadium this weekend. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites         
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  written by lily_lolly, May 28, 2008
This is a wonderful thing Sam is doing and what a great example he is giving to those who look up to him! :lol:
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written by admin, May 28, 2008
That's why the man is the captain, always puts the team first. It's a great example to set for the youngsters. Speaking of youngsters, he does try hard for the kids. Here is a photo I took at the Hawks / Dockers match. He stayed for a long time and made sure everyone got an autograph.
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