Hawthorn captain James Sicily has been known as out after dropping his thoughts at rookie teammate Nick Watson on Sunday.
Because the Hawks took on the Western Bulldogs, the competition was taking place to the wire within the fourth quarter because the groups duked it out.
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With the targets flowing in a nailbiting last time period, Sicily misplaced his cool at Watson for lacking a possibility to kick a invaluable aim.
But it surely was his response that caught the eye of followers watching on and left the AFL world divided.
Holding onto a slender five-point lead, a kick from James Worpel discovered Sicily on their own in a vacant ahead 50.
As he turned in direction of aim he appeared to dish it off to Watson to arrange a simple aim and prolong the margin out. Sicily’s handball nonetheless missed the mark by a good distance.
As Watson tracked the ball he finally collected it round 15m out as Canines defender James O’Donnell gave chase.
Watson felt the strain and rushed his try on aim, kicking it straight via the factors for a single behind.
Sicily, like Hawks followers within the stands, couldn’t imagine it and was left blowing up as he flailed his arms about earlier than looking at his teammate.
Fortunately the missed alternative from Watson didn’t value the Hawks as they held on to defeat the Canines.
The response from the Hawks skipper nonetheless was known as out by these watching on with many blaming Sicily after his errant handball.
Commentator Brent Ford wrote: “Mans cooked him with one of many worst handballs of all-time then acts like this.”
One person wrote: “I don’t care what anybody says. A captain shouldn’t be appearing like this when such a younger participant makes a mistake.”
Not everybody was of the idea the outburst from Sicily was excessive, with some calling out Watson for dashing the shot on aim.
“You’ve simply received to again your self in younger child, James Sicily did every little thing that was wanted,” Jordan Lewis mentioned on Fox Footy’s commentary.
One person wrote: “In equity to Sicily, precisely the response The Wizard deserved.”
The divisive second was the one potential blip on the radar for Sicily who put his physique on the road repeatedly all through the competition to assist lead his crew to the upset win.
Sicily left the sphere halfway via the primary quarter after dislocating his shoulder when he hit the turf after a marking contest.
After popping his shoulder again into place, Sicily returned to the sphere and put the crew on his again as he dominated the Bulldogs.
In a shock transfer he was thrown ahead within the last quarter and fittingly kicked the match-winning aim with three and a half minutes left within the match.
The win is barely the second on the season for the Hawks and strikes them up into sixteenth on the ladder, forward of Richmond and North Melbourne.
