Dispensary Corner

AGEING is a far from graceful experience, it creeps up on you when you least expect it.

Your body lets you down, things you could do without batting an eyelid are suddenly much more challenging.

For former Adelaide Crows and Fremantle Dockers player, Tony Modra, one of those moments occurred on Tue, as he graced the hallowed turf of the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The retired footy star was in Sydney with cricketing icon, Merv Hughes, and a cadre of sporting greats from yesteryear to launch Priceline Pharmacy’s Priceline Misterhood for the Sisterhood campaign.

The event aimed at getting guys involved in the Priceline Sisterhood Foundation to raise funds for women’s health issues, was going well, when Tony’s competitive mentality drove him as it had on the footy field during his 165-game career.

Unfortunately for Tony, his body is no longer as finely tuned as it once was, and after a determined start in a 50m dash alongside former Canterbury Bulldogs, Sydney Roosters and Wests Tigers five-eighth, Braith Anasta, Maroon’s lock, Billy Moore, and West Coast Eagles centre-half-back, Glen Jakovich, Tony blew a hamstring.

For the record, Anasta added the race win to his 2004 NRL Premiership, with Moore claiming the runner-up spot, with Modra miraculously hobbling across the finish-line ahead of Jakovich.

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