Prime Minister Scott Morrison lately described himself as “a little bit of a bulldozer”. (File)
Sydney:
Politicians are supposed to kiss infants, not crash into kids.
However on the marketing campaign path on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison barrelled right into a younger boy throughout a pleasant kickaround, eliciting a refrain of shocked “ooohs” and “aaaws” from spectators.
Morrison was taking part in five-a-side soccer in northern Tasmania, the place he’s trawling for votes forward of Saturday’s nail-biter election.
At first, Morrison — shorn of his jacket, however nonetheless sporting a shirt and tie — sauntered across the area considerably aimlessly, attempting to get a toe on the ball right here and there because it ping-ponged from boy to boy.
However then the 54-year-old stepped it up a gear, looking down a cross-field go that threatened the opposition’s pop-up mini-goal.
Morrison, who lately described himself as “a little bit of a bulldozer”, lowered his head and torso like a veteran sprinter able to burst out of the blocks and propelled himself ahead to intercept the go.
Sadly, a small red-haired boy about two-thirds of Morrison’s measurement was in the best way.
Morrison’s left shoulder drove straight into the unsuspecting kid’s face, sending each tumbling to the unreal turf — in what one commentator referred to as “doing a BoJo”, a reference to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s comparable escapades throughout a pleasant rugby match.
Realising what he had carried out, Morrison threw his arms across the child in a hug and lifted him off the bottom, as a coach sprinted throughout for an impromptu Head Damage Evaluation and photographers switched to rapid-fire.
Morrison’s teammates performed on, profiting from the person — and boy — all the way down to drill the ball into the highest proper nook.
The shocked interjections turned to muffled laughs because the teen dusted himself off and Morrison sheepishly rose to his ft.
“Crimson card and going through the tribunal on Saturday,” stated one Twitter commentator.
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