Dermie Crashes Through the Essendon Huddle

[@hahahaha-qu6uv]

Met tis bloke in Darwin once? Nice bloke and gave me the time of day.Thanks Dermie I'm a fan now.

[@leoesposito8762]

Dermott you are a bloody legend...

[@TrevorPhilipsBro]

Is it the man kisses or the girl hair in tight shirts you like the most?

[@johngilmore697]

He's a bell end

[@paulbroderick4217]

Dermot was one of those players that everyone wanted in their team.His courage was scary.And he could play...

[@mrbreezeaau]

Agreed, say what they want, he was a tough brave bastard. And when he came to the Pies for a year he straightened up Rocca and made him a much better player

[@npg68]

I know John Platten was grateful to have Dermie on his side.

[@brandonlee1330]

@@mrbreezeaau Mr brizze yes he did how are the brizzes,Benny boy top boxers

[@martincrisp3385]

Pity he's so annoying in the commentary box.

[@albertbatfinder5240]

They wanted him until they got him. He moved to Sydney in 1994 and was a disaster. Played only seven games, was suspended for seven weeks TWICE, and kicked a grand total of 7 goals. Bad tempered. Delisted. Not sure he did much better next year at Collingwood.

[@adamperre4852]

Wasn't a hawk fan but loved Dermott absolute champion

[@Prieze868]

Love Dermott Brereton

[@MrChelky]

Before footy decided to become the social conscious of us all.

[@SuperDecdog]

@AJ Melb doesn’t know what he means

[@itookallthenames]

Wat

[@staples9897]

@J G i see you under like every afl video is really what you do with your life lmao?

[@mikemoussa4013]

Really, so the chances of your kid getting close lined or punched on the ball makes you upset

[@Olsnedzy]

By socially conscious you mean weak as piss !!!

[@sliat1981]

Kevin Sheedy laughed it off ‘Just another mad Irishman!’

[@richieh4WD]

Was that the same season an Irishman won the brownlow? Same Irishman went on to become an Aussie legend, now with his own statue at the mcg, chairman of Melbourne footie club, Victorian of the year, helped thousands of kids, had a state funeral... endless achievements and accolades. How's sheedy doing?

[@sliat1981]

@@richieh4WD nope that was 1991 you’re thinking of. 3 years later

[@bradthurkle7217]

One of those players we use to love to hate over here in the west. But knowing what he had to put up with and been through I got nothing but respect for the man.

[@stevep9041]

If AFL hadn’t become the 2nd most popular non contact sport in Australia (behind netball) it might still be worth following.

[@shannonpincombe8485]

It is becoming utter shite, bruise free crap. I totally agree with you. Correct disposal doesn't matter when the AFL wants us watching basketball. End to end dross weekend to weekend.

[@AVportau]

get out there and play AFL yourself then hero.... or get back to your netball.

[@warriorwal]

​@@shannonpincombe8485lol bruise free. Idiot

[@strongboy7289]

Dermott wasn't afraid of anyone. Tough as they come.

[@raymondrumbundaberg]

Used to be a great game.

[@kevinriddell2105]

Not even a shadow of the game it once was. Don't watch it anymore

[@TheAlmightyClipse]

When footy was footy!!

[@TheTheTheTheTheThe]

Still is

[@jewdavid5627]

That's right. I can only watch it for twenty minutes now before I get bored and turn the TV off.

[@johngilmore697]

Eat crow grandad

[@frankmachin5438]

Umpire Clayton - ridiculous getting into an angry player’s face - pretty brave when you know you’re virtually untouchable.

[@georgemcdonald7885]

Should be more of it than the bs 50 metre penalties for demonstrative bs

[@lealand423]

On ya Dermot, it was great to watch you play, love from a West Coast Eagles supporter.

[@baraskparas9559]

Dermie's smile and blond curls belie the fiercest competitor ever.

[@andrewd7586]

Love him or hate him, Dermie have as good as he got!💪🏻😈

[@adamparker4585]

Running through the huddle is such a boss move 😂

[@Rob-Benny-Hill]

To be fair, anyone like that does that, you let him run through because hes looking to lay a whole lot of hurt on someone.

[@shannonpincombe8485]

Tough as nails and, as he says, foolhardy. He was a phenomenal player. I visit Adelaide each year to watch the Hawks and every time I'm on the team heading to the game a supporter of the Crows or Port will always say..."Geez I loved Dermie. Wish he'd played for us!" Everyone wishes Dermott played on their team. Everyone.

[@ronaldlochart8127]

Remember it well, footy was greater then, more entertaining, more characters, more fun

[@shannonpincombe8485]

And the crowds turned up to see the contests of player on player. Full forward on full back, half back and centre half forward. Wingman on wingman. Tough play, hard hits and a game of attrition without six on the bench, no subs, no loading g the backline. Just man on man footy. The good old days.

[@MrADZEC]

Some major Umpire Dissent there, I love it, footy’s getting to Soft yet again !

[@superbuddyfranklin]

Fucken absolute legend.

[@AlecJohn-c5o]

As a South Aussie he was great to watch in State of Origin. He would come over to Adelaide and strut around Football Park like he owned it. The Crowd loved to hate him but that's what made him such great value. Just one of those characters that brought people through the gate and had the skill to back up his swagger.

[@GoobyBean]

That umpire is what we need in the afl today

[@rebbulldesertduke]

Back when men played football.

[@jaketyler2702]

What kind of ridiculous comment is this 😂

[@peteranderson2130]

Now we gotta put up with models who fall to the ground everytime someone touches them

[@IquitforeverYT]

Lmao this is what the AFL was like back in the 70s through to the 90s 😂😂😂

[@nmtbhtp1990]

Is it a women only sport now?

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

Only VFL game I ever saw at the ground and Dermet got sandwiched by two players, right in front of me. Will never forget the slapping sound of skin on skin, as he slipped to the ground like jelly. They clearly hated him and lined him up. Great player, it paid the opposition to hurt him.

[@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520]

And to think Dermie made a comment recently about not liking Bayley Smith's on ground antics.

[@westcoast5797]

I KNOW! He just completely ganged up on the poor kid . And didn’t give examples of ANY other players he just completely singled out Bailey

[@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520]

@@Good_stuff_240 I'm pretty sure whatever source I got it from left that out. Probably on purpose.

[@cookiefp]

@@Good_stuff_240 two things which are completely unrelated only going to show dermott's tendency to speak out his behind about things he has no idea about.

[@shannonpincombe8485]

​@@cookiefphe's seen and done everything in the game. No better person to make comment. Dermott is a legend Bailey is a pup doing drugs and f√cking up his career. Should everyone just sit back and watch him derail his footy life? What about Ben Cousins? Did doing nothing help him?

[@cookiefp]

@@shannonpincombe8485 Great player doesn't make a good commentator. Speaks so much rubbish.

[@paulbata9649]

wheres the smoke ceremony

[@WascallyWabbitt]

Isn't that just bullshit?

[@brandonlee1330]

Love him hate him ,tuff bloke ,remember him playing that broken coller bone think was , that's tuff

[@Gezza1967]

Certainly was Brandon 👍

[@brandonlee1330]

@@Gezza1967 how goin' gezza ,do ya ever come accross old fottage some car accident had 60 ,s anything about old tow truck days were had fight job ,before allocation

[@keepcalmandblametheblackgu9164]

Socialism now dat sounds good.

[@kendone2454]

The good ol days. 🤜🏻✊🏻🤕👊🏻🤛🏻

[@MikeD-hn9hf]

Those Courageous Bloody Hawks!

[@CraigPhillips-x2o]

One of the toughest guys never back down 😂

[@phantim_othy571]

We all wish young Toby Green could be let of the leash, I love his aggression on the field

[@milesreading9585]

Before football became stats and commercial and liability. I watched this and loved it…such balls.

[@youcrosseyedh1774]

It was a pretty tough thing to do back then , he could of got opened up. They would pat you on the backside and voice there concerns on social media if it happened on the weekend.

[@sliat1981]

0:39 Cleary saying “fuck”

[@THEAC83]

When men played the sport.

[@StephenMaher-w7q]

Great bloke Dermie. BACK in the good old days when football played by MEN. unlike todays (2024) Prettyboys.

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Miss the old vfl

[@davidhenry3833]

Ah, Dermie, ya gotta love him, I mean hate him Good tough player

[@johnkasimiotis922]

Dermott my idol as a kid

[@geletmote]

Dermi you ledge!

[@Luke.777]

Lost a bitter respect for me Bomber lads that day,shoulda given Dermie a touch up.

[@humbleopinion1499]

Getting friendly with Billy Duckworth? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@patsy74]

I remember him playing against Ireland in comprised rules series, Jesus they were rough games

[@robertbelyea5767]

Saw him at 6:30am doing a morning TV report in Melb. He looked like he'd been up all night on the gear at Crown Casino. The moment the camera cut he announced "That's me done & dusted. Im going to bed." 😆

[@Perfect1child]

Ooh yeah brute of all power statements from the Umpire's of all," We are NOT upheld too laws, we are simply... UNDAMAGEABLE (with revelation and light of all of it's force...".)

[@alexlanning712]

Totally out of the blue, totally unexpected--but what an impact

[@georgemcdonald7885]

Missed this sort of action, didn't miss the king hits from behind from snipers like Leigh Mathews

[@zodiac6968]

Gary Ablett Snr did the same sort of thing a few years later against Melbourne, what a player he was, and not a sniper like Matthews.

[@shannonpincombe8485]

Bruns deserved everything he got and more. I was at that game and Bruns and Mark Jackson had been sniping Hawthorn players for the entire game. Gary Ayers copped a heavy hit only moments before Leigh gave Bruns his just desserts. Bruns was a dirty little thug and Matthews wasn't going to let his antics stand. Gary Ablett Snr served up loads of high hits with his elbows and forearms through his career and copped some back too. Ablett was a dirty bastard and allegedly responsible for the death of a young lass in his hotel room not long after his retirement. I wouldn't go backing up Gary Ablett Snr. He's scum of the highest order. Sure he could play footy but his life during and after has been a mess. Leigh Matthews coached four premierships and played in four too. Did G Ablett Snr ever win a flag? No. Why? Because he didn't even know the names of his teammates. Selfish and dirty as they come.

[@Shaun-o8g]

​@@shannonpincombe8485spot on buddy...his dirty tactics caused more concussions on the field than Leigh ever did.

[@jessehaberle9094]

When football was fun, now everyone just wants to win

[@patodabomb]

I'm pretty sure that was and will always be the point of competitive sports mate.

[@fuzzy8mike]

@@patodabomb think what he means is that everything is scrutinised scientifically, so if it’s not “productive” in a “measurable” way, it’s looked down upon. Just my interpretation.

[@davidhenry3833]

Of course they want to win. Always have and always will. If not, stay home.

[@jimmyriddle5246]

I think you'll find Dermie wanted to win more than anyone !

[@joshmetz9192]

He looked so fired up, like he was on meth.

[@scottysmediaproductions]

That's a couple of weeks today and a big fine! :(

[@ATHENS15]

Bloody legend

[@kerrykelaher2607]

" they made up " then. " had a sargents meat pie with tomato sauce Then " washed it down with " a k b beer 🍺 😎 🤣

[@TheStarcruiser]

Bring it back!!!

[@1979RayDay]

The 80s were wild.

[@stevemac5]

See also: wahhhhh, Hinkley said words to our players after a final

[@jrhumps]

How good was the umpire giving it back to him

[@guyb6665]

I think I went to school with Derm's illegitimate child

[@danmark4038]

Coke adds life ….

[@WascallyWabbitt]

"It's the REAL thing"

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Imagine if Maynard did this today

[@blimpusa]

they don't build em like that any more

[@ytinhd5787]

Easy ay the mane incredicoke

[@georgerabahi7647]

What year was that game?

[@shannonpincombe8485]

1988. The Hawks won by about 54 pts if I remember correctly. I've got the newspaper clippings in a scrapbook so where in my old school footy collection. Dermott was all over the papers for the entire week following this. Then he played superb footy in the finals to win his third of five premiership medallions.

[@vegetarianfoodie9091]

The guys is an old dinosaur

[@pweter351]

Remember on footy show people annoying him wouldn't last long

[@pablosnackbar6417]

Footy used to be such a good sport. Shame.

[@SeanChitty-r7d]

Such drama back then.

[@ML6103]

Can you imagine footy in 10 years from now? It'll be people in wheelchairs, Hamas terrorists and a few ballet dancers just to make sure it's diverse enough

[@PC-hj4wg]

Back when this was a man's sport.

[@smoothbeak]

If it happened today the whole country would cry! Haha

[@stewartrogers913]

OK Dustin. This shit’s mean.

[@kmac4671]

A legend in his own tiny little mind.

[@craigjohn3524]

You wished he played in your footy team😂🤣😂🤣

[@kmac4671]

@@craigjohn3524 nah

[@lyalminchinton8825]

4 time champ, kicked 9 in a final. 🧐🧐🧐

[@thewacokid5477]

@@lyalminchinton8825 5 day 5 night premiership champ and he kicked 8 in a GF.

[@humbleopinion1499]

hahahahah

[@scottmckellar1157]

Smartarse

[@AppMan-pf9lg]

Why do they wear 12 year old girls Lycra pants?

[@gordonwells1626]

Back when footy was un sanitised and entertaining…today it is woke and everyone has to be acceptable otherwise you’ll end up at the bottom of a media pile on like Clarko. The AFL is pathetic.

[@liamgross7217]

Fully agree, I just lost interest.

[@gpet23]

He ain’t no dog!

[@001Boof]

Good.

[@davidmurphy2903]

If he tried that through the rugby league players of the same era, he'd have ended up on life-support.

[@StixKenny]

Or against you!!!

[@brandonlee1330]

Mate rugby league at least know were ya enamies are in front you ,footy they come from anywhere ,most courageous men to ever picked up a ball is an Aussie rules player ,if played game know ,keep eyes on ball pray don't get hip shouldered feel every organ in body go to mush ,,backing into pack ,aponate,go,s punch ball breaks cheakbone walki g around depressed caved in head ,,that's what makes Aussie rules players the cut above rest ,can't cower even when know comn can't drop ball run away rugby is for boff headed New South wealchman,you look at difference,of a fourth generation New South wealchman, compared to Victorian ,,big boffheaded blocks ,look at fine speciman that is the tall well developed Aussie rules player cannonball shoulders strong forearms lean like racehorse when run see every muscle there no better pysic classic free weights old school weights resheme to get classic Aussie rules body ,

[@shannonpincombe8485]

Funny how running ten yards into other men, in a line seems like the tougher game to do e people....? I can see them, right in front of me, wait...I'll throw it backwards to my mate so he can run into them instead, on this tiny little field. Der! Rugby is a game for thick eared morons. Aussie Rules is for brave men. Rugby players wear pads under their jerseys. Aussie Rules players don't need them because they're bred tougher and learn to take the hits. Not to run into a wall of meatheads. Hahahahaha!

[@treeoflife2075]

Nice

[@moregoldmoregold]

Funny. Umpire was a dk

[@johngilmore697]

Craig McLachlan was a total tool

[@buster_1972]

Back when it was footy. Don't watch it anymore.

[@removalman7963]

Back wen men were men, not women

[@briansummersbriansummers2052]

Crazy day's

[@Lozzie74]

Just “days”, bud. Be courageous and leave out the apostrophe.

[@TheCleaner76]

Talk about over umpireing

[@kirwan308]

Hahahah

[@sacredclown4179]

Maybe he could have "run through" more cardio workouts he was rather fat!!!

[@dchambo7351]

When men were men and football was not used a social conditioning tool . I don’t follow or even watch it anymore

[@Starryplough1916]

What a ridiculous sport 🤣 how can you miss? Ha

[@ronanrogers4127]

Dermie always was flaccid. Wouldn’t last 5 minutes playing in the NRL. Too white, too skinny.

[@shannonpincombe8485]

Yeah..he was too smart to line up and have his head bashed every few minutes. He used his braj s and skills to become e a legend of our Australian game. Not some European code that is played by cauliflower eared dolts who cannot avoid a swinging arm. Piss off with your NRL crap. Alm you mugs care about is State of Origin anyway...even if most of the blokes who play come from the islands. What a load of tripe Rugby of all types is. Aussie Rules takes brains and physical skills. Not just "run at men, stop. Line up and run at men. Stop." Idiotic code for idiots.

[@davidshaw5973]

Running through another teams huddle. Stupid , disrespectful and backfired anyway!!

[@rhyssanders9122]

Fuck up 😂 it’s just pure grit is how the game was played, that was a legendary hawks side

[@Dave-im3lm]

@@rhyssanders9122 he was a cheap shot merchant

[@DiceMan72]

Backfired....Hawthorn won the match by 5 goals.

[@SirHumphrey498]

@@Dave-im3lm toughen up Dave and stop being so sensitive

[@TheAlmightyClipse]

I'm a Dons fan and I thought this was funny...

[@johndykes3185]

What a stupid game this is

[@jewdavid5627]

In the late 80s it was a great game. Now it's an ordinary game.

[@shannonpincombe8485]

What game do you.enjoy? Soccer? A 90 minute nil all draw floats your boat does it? Or rugby? Lines of thick eared morons running directly into each other's arms....dumb sport which has trouble filling a 10000 seat arena.

[@BadgerBreath-rz1np]

When footy was hard...not like today. Free kicks given for soft play.