Brendon Goddard said he wished it wasn't so, but has vowed to honour his suspended teammates and ensure that Essendon "get the most out of the year. Goddard, 30, was on Friday morning unveiled as the Bombers' stand-in captain for , the man chosen from a small pool of candidates to lead the club following the suspension of 12 current Dons by the Court of Arbitration for Sport last week. The former St Kilda utility was one of just two players left standing from Essendon's initial seven-man leadership group for this season; The other, small defender Mark Baguley, has been appointed vice-captain.
An extended leadership group is set to be picked at a later point, with coach John Worsfold nominating recent recruits Craig Bird and Matthew Leuenberger as options. The five other members of the group picked last month - captain Jobe Watson, vice-captain Dyson Heppell, Michael Hurley, Cale Hooker and David Myers - were all among the 34 current and former Bombers banned by CAS after being found guilty of taken banned peptide thymosin beta-4 as part of Essendon's supplements regime.
Captain confident: Stand-in Essendon captain Brendon Goddard. Credit: Wayne Taylor. They got a free kick, and Cornes was even told by the ump to 'just get up' later in the match when he was staging I don't think Goddard was in our best against Port so I'm confident we can soldier on without him, especially if Hibberd comes back in.
Good to see Chappy let off too. I think he offered a lot against Port but was under utilised by his team mates. One of those guys you can see is due to break out as soon as he has a bit of luck. Kane cornes is the worst fkg stager there is. Goddard suspended for one week. The Bombers said yesterday they had consulted a pair of legal experts but given the hit was deemed intentional they could not find a loophole to challenge. Cornes this week defended himself against charges of staging, after being warned by the AFL for an incident involving Corey Enright in But Watson, father of Bombers captain Jobe, said Cornes still went down too easily.
It is something he really needs to take out of his game. Cornes said this week the embarrassment of being outed as a stager had made him eradicate that aspect of his game.
I got a message they were looking into an incident with Corey Enright. Bombers football manager Rob Kerr said yesterday Goddard was forced to accept the ban. The Bombers could again be without key running defender Michael Hibberd back for the clash with Collingwood. So frustrating. We win this game against Collingwood and we're level on points. It's out biggest game of the year, we're already without Jobe and now Goddard who is captain. Just stupid to do it in the first place.
Give Heppell the captaincy while Jobe is out and when Goddard comes back in, Hepps keeps it. Silly behavior.. He joined Essendon with aspirations of winning a premiership, but found himself walking into one of the biggest controversies in Australian sporting history.
Goddard took on the responsibility of being a leader and speaking to the media where his new teammates were not allowed to speak. Goddard's first season at Essendon was capped off when he won the first best and fairest award of his career. He played every game for the season, mainly through the midfield, averaging 26 disposals and kicking 18 goals, his best season tally since His leadership continued to be valued on and off the field and his maturity and experience in big games proved invaluable to the young list.
In , Goddard once again maintained his form on the field, whilst again being a voice for his teammates in the media. Crichton Medal. Mark Baguley was named as vice-captain. Goddard is married to Rosie Brookes who share a daughter, Billie. Several of Goddard's commercial partners include Kia and Nike. Australian Rules Football Wiki Explore. Wiki Affiliates.
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