AFL: Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge fired back at a reporter after being questioned on Marcus Bontempelli's form during the Hawks clash.
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge says there was no injury holding back captain Marcus Bontempelli after he was comprehensively shut out of a crucial stretch of Friday’s elimination final .
“He tried to lift us in the last quarter, he kicked a goal, he almost kicked a second , and that was the message at three-quarter time.” “ looked slick across the ground, they put us under enormous pressure and we didn’t cope as well as we needed to. Beveridge says the Bulldogs were “humbled” in the contested ball as they made a fifth elimination final exit in the last 10 years. Picture: Mark Stewart“No one came here tonight thinking that we’d be strongarmed in the game, and I think in the end, Hawthorn strongarmed us,” Beveridge said.
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