Catch up on 10 things you may have missed during a massive Round 17

ROAMING Brian learnt a valuable lesson on Friday night. When a player is recovering from a punctured lung, don’t give them a congratulatory slap to the ribs. Catch up on all the things you missed during a massive Round 17.

JUST how observant were you during Round 17?

We all watched the Tigers lose another interstate game, Geelong’s premiership dreams take a hit and the Blues produce a Friday night shocker.

But did you also catch a few of the off-Broadway highlights from the weekend?

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From a Roaming Brian special, to the latest Twitter beefs and a bizarre pact at the Demons, here are the 10 things you may have missed in Round 17.

OH SH*T: ROAMING BRIAN’S BIG MISTAKE

Not only does Roaming Brian take viewers behind the scenes after a big win, he also teaches them valuable lessons about being in football change rooms.

This was particularly evident on Friday night, when BT demonstrated how important it is to not give someone a congratulatory slap to the ribs when they are recovering from a punctured lung.

Unfortunately, Jake Carlisle was on the wrong end of the demonstration and copped the ill-placed whack.

Taylor immediately let out an “Oh, sh*t” when he realised what he had done before asking Carlisle if he was all right.

The timing couldn’t have been worse for the big Saint, who replied with, “I just took the guard off as well.”

‘SURELY A PISS TAKE’

Hugh Greenwood isn’t scared to say what he thinks when it comes to the match review officer.

The basketballer turned Crow didn’t mince his words when he found out teammate Bryce Gibbs had been fined $2000 for this incident.

Greenwood took to his Twitter account to give his own critique of the decision.

“Surely a piss take” he said.

Greenwood’s teammate Paul Seedsman was quick to show his support, one of many to like the response.

DEES’ CHEEKY PREMIERSHIP AGREEMENT

They are a close bunch down at Melbourne. None more so than skipper Nathan Jones and star ruckman Max Gawn, who have come up with a special plan to celebrate a potential September run.

If the Demons win the flag this year, Jones has agreed to get a tattoo of Gawn of his backside.

“I’ll be on there,” Gawn said on Channel 7. “Preferably the right cheek.”

WAS THIS A PIES OMEN?

The signs were there nice and early that not everything was going to go Collingwood’s way at the MCG on Sunday.

As Tyson Goldsack interviewed Nathan Buckley for Fox Footy, a Collingwood premiership cup sat behind them.

However, it didn’t stay like that for long.

Luckily, someone was able to catch it before it crashed to the ground. What does that mean for Collingwood’s 2018 chances?

HI-5S ALL AROUND

Who says players and umpires can’t be friends?

Melbourne star Angus Brayshaw and whistleblower Ray Chamberlain proved that wrong at the weekend.

Following a Brayshaw clanger on the wing, which could have easily been called for deliberate out of bounds, Chamberlain had the game awareness to realise it was nothing more than a shanked kick.

Brayshaw was clearly appreciative, and gave Razor Ray a high five as he ran past to attack the next stoppage.

SORRY, JOHN

Anyone who follows Max Gawn on Twitter knows he is a huge tennis fan, particularly when it comes to big serving American John Isner.

So it may have been a somewhat sleepless night for Gawn on Friday, knowing his favourite player was battling it out in a Wimbledon semi-final against South African Kevin Anderson.

A pumped Gawn set his Foxtel IQ to record the match, knowing he could watch it before the Dees took on the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon.

However, what he wasn’t budgeting for was a seven-hour epic that would take up all his recording space and miss the end of the match.

To make matters worse, Isner was on the wrong end of the epic, losing 26-24 in the fifth set.

SEND THE BLUES TO MONDAY ARVO?

After their abysmal performance in Friday night’s ‘mockbuster’, talk in AFL circles is that the Blues may have to wait until the 2020 season before getting another chance in the marquee timeslot.

Ex-Collingwood champ Dane Swan will be a fan of that decision.

In fact, Swannie has come up with an even better time for the Blues to play all their games until the club’s rebuild is complete.

LIONS SHOW OFF JUMPER RITUAL

There are plenty of old sayings in football that clubs live by.

Some of our favourites include: ‘It was a four-quarter effort, we had 22 contributors and we are just taking it one week at a time.’

But here is one we didn’t know before Saturday.

It appears that the team that puts their jumpers on together, stays together. That’s right. All 22 jumpers!

The Brisbane Lions have been doing this for a few weeks now and it sure is working. The Lions are 3-0 over their past three matches.

Spare a thought for Dayne Zorko though, who clearly struggled to get his jumper over his head on Saturday.

CROWS V POWER FEUD LIVES ON

They have long memories at the Adelaide Football Club.

And perhaps none more so than the skipper Taylor Walker, who wasn’t about to let Kane Cornes jump on the celebratory bandwagon following the club’s big win over Geelong.

After the Crows’ fans packed out Adelaide Oval, Cornes tweeted: “Adelaide should own Thursday night games from now on. Their supporters love it, 46k last night is a brilliant crowd.”

Walker was having none of it though, and responded with: “Hooooooray!!!! You’ve said something nice about our FC.”

Cornes wasn’t about to let that slide, and ensured he’d have the last word by packaging up all his nice tweets about the Crows and sending them to Tex.

NOW THAT’S A TORP!

There is nothing footy fans love more than a good old-fashioned torpedo.

And when it comes to barrels, this effort from Bomber Michael Hartley in the VFL was from the top shelf.

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Originally published as Catch up on 10 things you may have missed during a massive Round 17