Dragons prop Elsie Albert “shook the foundations” of CommBank Stadium with a monster hit to flatten Brisbane star Lauren Brown.
Their NRLW clash was only one minute old when Broncos hooker Brown ran the ball from dummy-half, and decided to take on the St George Illawarra enforcer.
Albert obliged, and the Papua New Guinea international picked Brown up and drove her into the Parramatta turf.
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“Woah… she won’t be running at Elsie Albert any time soon. What a hit,” commentator Peter Psaltis said.
“That shook the foundations of the stadium.”
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NRLW great Ruan Sims was sitting in the commentary box and said, “we felt it up here”.
NRL legend Paul Gallen – who was known as one of the toughest rugby league players of his generation to pull on a jersey – was mightily impressed by Albert’s shot.
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“What a tackle. That’s a fair hit isn’t it,” Gallen said.
“That’s what you want from a forward.”
Brown courageously dusted herself off and carried on with the game.
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