Robertson makes sorry excuse for Kelly tackle

AUSTRALIAN footballer Russell Robertson last night defended his horror tackle on Tom Kelly in the first test in Perth last week.

Robertson was dismissed for his frontal charge on the Laois man and was caught on the big screen laughing as he joined the Aussie inter-change players and team management on the sideline. But he said television footage of him laughing when sent off after the incident had been misconstrued.

“I don’t know about a cowardly bump (as referred to in the Irish media),” he said.