Weโre back for Round 17 of Zero Hangerโs weekly โfive useless statsโ series.
Every week Aaron Delaporte from Useless AFL Stats will take a look at the most useless statistics from the weekend just gone, the absurd, the ridiculous and just the plain outrageous.
Round 17 did not disappoint with a plethora of Useless Stats to choose from however these are the most captivatingly Useless Stats from the round just gone.
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One soldier out and one soldier in
The old saying of one soldier out and one soldier in was never more evident than in the Essendon v Adelaide game. Tom Doedee who took the full force of the stocky Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti and was forced to โretireโ from the match after the heavy hit.
Doedee's stats to that point of the game were five kicks, two handballs, four marks and one tackle. His replacement on the field was Ben Davis who ended the match with five kicks two handballs four marks and one tackle.
This is the only time in the history of AFL substitute rules a team has managed to have one soldier out replaced with one soldier in to replicate their basic stat-line in a game.
