Harry McKay has been cleared of a concussion after a collision involving twin Ben during Carlton’s win over Essendon.
In the early stages of the final quarter, Harry came charging out to try and mark a high ball with Ben trailing a metre behind.
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As Harry attempted to mark it, he collided with teammate Matt Kennedy and then Ben came flying in over the top and inadvertently pushed his brother’s head into the ground.
Harry stayed on the ground for close to a minute as medical staff rushed to help.
He was eventually able to walk off the field where he headed down to the rooms for assessment.
Mum Tracey looked nervous as she watched on in the stands.
“Harry McKay has not moved from that incident just moments ago. You can see the physios and doctors making their way out to him right now,” boundary rider Abbey Holmes said.
Essendon great Jobe Watson added: “The hand of his brother and his body weight just came down as they both went to ground.”
Harry was eventually cleared of concussion and had his shoulder strapped before returning to the field late on.
FULL MATCH COVERAGE All the stats and goals from the Blues’ win
He finished the game with one goal as the Blues ran out 26-point winners.
The Blues’ efficiency in attack — and their opponents’ wastefulness — told the story of a 15.6 (96) to 9.16 (70) victory at the MCG on Sunday night.
Tom De Koning shone in the ruck and Elijah Hollands kicked a career-best three goals as Carlton (9-4) banked a third straight win and leapfrogged the Bombers (8-4-1) on the table.
The important result may have come at some cost after Harry McKay (left shoulder) and Mitch McGovern (groin) were treated for injuries during the final quarter.
De Koning (23 disposals), George Hewett (23), Sam Walsh (22) and Nic Newman (21) were all busy for Carlton, who spread the workload in a strong team display.
Charlie Curnow, Zac Williams and Alex Cincotta kicked two goals each.
The Blues were victorious despite Essendon’s territorial dominance, which gave the Bombers a 60-40 advantage in forward entries.
Nic Martin (26 disposals), Zach Merrett (21) and Archie Perkins (21) fought hard for Essendon, with Martin and Matt Guelfi kicking two goals each.
But Will Setterfield was substituted off with a knee injury and the Bombers failed to cash in on the weight of supply in attack.
With the match billed as the biggest Essendon-Carlton clash in more than a decade, a huge build-up ensured a monster crowd of 88,510 was on hand.
It was the second-highest attendance in history for a home-and-away match between the two old enemies.
But the contest didn’t live up to the hype as Carlton took control early and were only briefly challenged when the Bombers pressed during the third quarter.
There was a sense of theatre when Essendon defender Ben McKay went directly to mark Carlton spearhead Harry McKay at the opening bounce in the brothers’ first head-to-head meeting at AFL level.
Harry took the early points as he and Curnow caused issues, both hitting the scoreboard as the Blues kicked the first three goals.
That led to a 16-point advantage at the first change which ballooned to 32 by the main break.
The Blues’ efficiency was a feature from the start as they scored 12 times from 17 forward entries in the first half, compared to the Bombers’ nine from 29.
Essendon peppered the goals in the third quarter, adding 3.6 to 1.1 for the term, as a pair of Martin majors trimmed the margin to 15 points at the final change.
But Carlton shut the gate with four quick goals in the opening 10 minutes of the last quarter, sending Essendon fans towards the exits.
– With AAP
