I've been through it also Bas with my eldest being in NIC for an extended period of time so I too know what they are going through and even if he had played, he would have been useless as there is no way his mind would be anywhere else but with his wife and bub.
As for Mark, there is no reason why he shouldn't have played. If the roles had been reversed I'd be pretty peeved if Jarrad had not played, particularly in such a season defining game. There's absolutely nothing Mark could do and as far as I remember, he wouldn't even be allowed into the NIC unit.
I hope all is well.
Nothing worse imo...
The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.
Nothing Mark could do. I bet he was fairly preoccupied in that game though. He and Jarred are apparently very close.
As others have said, it's not great to dwell on such things. All we can do is hope that the complication isn't "serious" (not that any are not serious, but you know what I mean) and that the little girl is alright. Macca will be given as much time off as he needs.
Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!
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