Martin Pike

And I'm starting on the wing.

And just before the center square bounce, this big figure walks in beside me and it's Martin Pike.

And I look around to him.

And at this stage, it was like six rounds, seven rounds, eight rounds in.

He's abusing me and I'm like, I've got the fucking runner like sledging me.

Guys on the bench when you run past and come off the ground.

Martin Pike was just bashing me every stoppage you get to.

I was like trying to get away from him and run in the wrong positions because he'd run up and just start belting the shit out of me, stomping on my toes.

What about these names? Sean Charles kicks five.

Martin Pike, in his time at Melbourne, kicks four.

But the star of the day, who had been in red-hot form all year, was David Schwartz.

Umpire.

Yep.

Frawley, Mel Michael, Martin Pike.

Good back line.

Okay.

No, it's a good team.

It's actually a good team.

But, so from the back line, it's, it's Martin Pike, Mel Michael, James Frawley.

Yep.

Jeez

... and Martin Pike.

The emergencies-

Jeez.

You haven't heard about Christa Pike?

I, I remember Martin Pike, used to play AFL for maybe Kangaroos and then Brisbane.

No, no, no, no, no, no. Christa Pike, a death row inmate in the US, uh-

[gasps]

So that was actually-

What about Martin, what about Martin Pike?

Martin Pike.

Well, this is this century.

Oh, this century.

So, yeah, yeah.

Oh, this century.

So that was a nice piece by Martin Smith on the AFL website.

Yeah.

I, I can lead you into another, another player that I actually held, probably one of the hardest players that I actually played on, and for different reasons than, say, a Martin, a Judd, an Ablett, a Hodge.

You know, it, it was Aaron Hamel.

And I don't know-

I, I, I still believe Brisbane back in my era could beat Brisbane of today.

Yeah.

Like, the guys that I had to play against, Voss, Brad Scott, Chris Scott, Leppitch, Martin Pike, Mal Michael, Jonathan Brown, Black, Lappin.

Just keep rolling those names off.