St Kilda coach Scott Watters praised Sean Dempster for playing the bulk of the game with a broken wrist. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images
A DEFIANT St Kilda coach Scott Watters has praised his players' resilience after revealing Sean Dempster played most of last night's game with a broken wrist.
Dempster left the ground early in the second quarter of the loss to Richmond, but battled on as the brave Saints fell 17 points short of toppling Richmond.
Watters said Dempster had been "courageous", but was quick to insist the defender was not put at risk of long-term damage by going back on.
"I think it was half way through the second quarter. I don't want to get too caught up in the specifics other than he broke a bone in his wrist," Watters said.
"He was cleared, obviously. We wouldn't put a player out there if he wasn't cleared from our doc. But it was an effort that I admire and I thought there were a number of those from our players even though we lost."
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Asked how a player could be "cleared" with a broken wrist, Watters said: "There's minor fractures and severe fractures and it was taped and he was OK to play. In the role we had him in, we needed him out there.
"But there is no way we would have a player out there if there was ever any long-term ramifications. Again, we rely heavily on our doctor."
St Kilda smashed Richmond in the centre clearances 19-9 in a stunning domination of the Tigers' fancied midfield, which caused Watters to lament his side's missing key ingredient.
"I guess if you look at our side in its entirety, it's wanting just for some polish. I can't question their workrate tonight," he said.
"Our job is to prepare as thoroughly as we can every week. I demand from our players their maximum effort. While this industry many times is a simple tick of a win or loss, there's still many things that go into a week and performance.
"So we're filthy at losing, but they could look me in the eye at the end of the game and I could look them in the eye.
They had a crack.
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"Are we happy about losing a game footy? Absolutely not. Did they try their guts out tonight? Absolutely.
"We'll continue to evolve our list like we've done and I think this is my 24th game so this isn't a new pathway. We need our senior players to bring our new players through. The performance of Nick Riewoldt tonight; just strong leadership, so the balance of that we will continue to address, but we know exactly where our list is at.
"It takes resilience to dig in. That's why I'm still very proud to coach the group. They're effort was very strong. There's no knee-jerk reactions here, this is a brutal competition."
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