GWS veteran Callan Ward was made to work blue by the tough question of a cheeky teammate after defeating Collingwood on Friday night.
Giants defender Heath Shaw led the audience into the rooms after the two-point victory and went with a live microphone to ex-Captain Ward and current captain Stephen Coniglio.
“Wardy is being treated there. Good stuff, Wardy, well done buddy. How did you go buddy Shaw asked.
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Ward replied, “I’m a good buddy, little cork.”
But then Shaw found his inner journalist and decided to ask a powerful question.
“You are a little annoyed that Cogs has taken the captain from you, or do you agree now?” he said with a smile.
Ward was one of GWS’s first co-captains with Phil Davis and Luke Power, and only stepped down from his role last year when Coniglio took over.
A somewhat puzzled Ward first answered with an incomprehensible answer to which Shaw said, “I’m just asking the question, buddy.”
Ward, who may not have noticed that he was on live television, said to Shaw: “You are a fool.”
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In the meantime, the Giants will have to do without experienced defender Phil Davis when they meet Hawthorn next week, while struggling team-mate Zac Williams could also play for another outing on the sidelines.
Davis and Williams both suffered hamstring injuries in the third quarter of GWS’s brave two-point win against Collingwood on Friday night.
The former co-captain and the rebounding defender both have doubts about the Giants’ fifth round against the Hawks, although coach Leon Cameron Williams was more optimistic than Davis.
“We wait and see. Hopefully it’s only a few weeks (which Davis misses), ”Cameron told reporters.
“He was great until he hurt his Hammy, he really led the back line. It’s not a big one.
“Zac is tighter right now, so keep our fingers crossed … we didn’t want to take any chances.”
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Williams returned to North Melbourne from an Achilles tendon injury in round 2 while being one of the Giants’ most influential players against Collingwood before his setback.
“Hopefully we can get him up and ready for the next week, but we’ll find out in the next 48 hours,” said Cameron.
Cameron was full of praise for the way his crew, struck by angry casualties against the kangaroos and Western Bulldogs, found form and dug, even though they were spinning.
“It was really gratifying to find a way with a couple in the last quarter,” he said.
“Everyone will go up and down in this competition. We see teams winning a pair in a row or losing a pair in a row.
“We still have some areas to work on.”
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