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CRUNCH! Elderly Lady Nails First Attempt At Tackle Bag

Ant Sharwood

Posted Friday, June 21, 2019 12:19 AM , updated Friday, January 17, 2020 1:31 AM

Somebody, give this woman an AFLW contract.

The Australian Rules football tackling textbook just got re-written, and not by some hard nut professional player, but by a woman just shy of her 70th birthday having her very first go.

Yes, be in complete awe of this tough-as-granite granny, as she mercilessly monsters a tackle bag.

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You are not as tough as this magnificently mature tackling machine, and neither is your favourite player.

The outstanding hard-bag-get was produced at a "Multicultural Mums Footy Clinic" held by AFL Barwon -- a league based in Geelong.

For the record, Geelong had a decent season in this year's AFLW. But they were heavily beaten by eventual premiers, the Adelaide Crows, in the semi-finals, and you can't help thinking they'd benefit with a player who gives 110 percent like this.

Image: AFL Barwon.

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