Retirement? Beard there, done that
Rohan Connolly - The Age - 13 Nov
'WELL, it was fun while it lasted,'' chuckles Ben Hudson of one of the shortest retirements AFL football has seen.
It lasted precisely a month, from the first Saturday afternoon of September, when Hudson, along with another retiring Western Bulldog favourite in Barry Hall, were chaired off Etihad Stadium after their side's last-round win over Fremantle.
Hudson took off for a month with his family to Bali, then Hong Kong. He enjoyed a bit of junk food without guilt, ''not having to worry about the dietician saying I was eating too much or my skinfolds were too high''.
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* Loved this line : ''I'm hoping no one up here will read the stuff that 'Murph' writes,'' he laughs. ''I think there were a few tears when I first let him know, but we hugged and made up. I thanked him for that article and told him he can withdraw it any time he wishes. We're pretty close. We went away together with family. They're the sort of lifelong friends you're always going to have. I'll probably just have to whack him one when we play them, unfortunately.''
Last edited by The Coon Dog; 13-11-2011 at 11:16 AM.
85, 92, 97, 98, 08, 09, 10... Break the curse!