{"id":12410,"date":"2018-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/kane-cornes-opens-up-about-the-sledge-that-made-him-sick\/"},"modified":"2018-03-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T00:00:00","slug":"kane-cornes-opens-up-about-the-sledge-that-made-him-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/kane-cornes-opens-up-about-the-sledge-that-made-him-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane Cornes Opens Up About The Sledge That Made Him Sick"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of the Warner v de Kock blow up<\/a>, Kane Cornes says he knows how it feels to cop an inappropriate comment.<\/h3>\n

\"Kane<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been on the end of one such sledge,\u201d Kane wrote for SEN<\/a>, \u201cwhen one opponent suggested I would be better off at home with my sick and dying son rather than out on the oval playing a game of football.\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cIf that opponent wants to know, my son, now aged 11 is doing well, but at the time he was four and in and out of hospital with congenital heart disease.<\/h3>\n

“I wanted to kill the culprit and it still makes me sick when I relive the story today.<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe same player, only a few years later directed a vile sledge towards my teammate\u2019s mother. I remember my teammate visibly shaking with anger in the change-rooms post game.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Kane said there was nothing wrong with on-field banter, but it had to remain within acceptable boundaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cSledging is great for the game\u2026 It adds another layer.<\/h3>\n

\u201cBut there\u2019s a line, we all know what that line is. Quinton de Kock and perhaps some of his teammates crossed it. They should be embarrassed.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

"It still makes me sick when I relive the story today." @kanecornes<\/a> has opened up on a highly personal sledge he faced during his playing days | https:\/\/t.co\/5BnITCZUAN<\/a> | #AFL<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6NQGSnRJaw<\/a><\/p>— SEN 1116 (@SENNews) March 5, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote> \n