Cult hero's shock call months after retirement

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AFL cult leader Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti has made a stunning backflip after announcing his abrupt status from the crippled 5 months ago.

The 29-year-old shocked the league successful May erstwhile helium announced his clip successful the AFL was over.

He had taken idiosyncratic permission anterior to that announcement, and did not play during the 2022 season.

But connected Thursday Essendon announced a caller one-year declaration for the Tiwi Islands product which volition spot him marque a spectacular instrumentality successful 2023.

The breathtaking tiny forward, who is simply a renowned goal-sneak, volition adhd X-factor and acquisition to a young Bombers line-up.

"We are thrilled that Anthony has decided to travel backmost to the Bombers," nine shot manager Josh Mahoney said.

"Anthony took clip distant from the nine successful 2022 to absorption connected beingness extracurricular of footy. We're comfy helium has taken the clip helium needs to bring a renewed enthusiasm to instrumentality to the AFL and play for Essendon.

"He is simply a committed Essendon idiosyncratic who loves playing shot and our conversations with Anthony precocious led america to judge determination was a realistic accidental helium would travel backmost to Essendon.

"Once we knew helium was keen to instrumentality we worked with the AFL connected the close pathway backmost to the nine including support from a database absorption perspective.

"We volition proceed to enactment him connected and disconnected the tract and assistance successful his quest to instrumentality to football. We admit a batch of hard enactment is up but consciousness assured helium tin execute his shot ambitions and goals astatine the nine helium loves.

"He is loved by players, coaches, unit and fans and we look guardant to him returning to Essendon."

McDonald-Tipungwuti was Essendon's starring goalkicker successful 2020, and holds the grounds for astir consecutive games played for the club, appearing successful 115 straight.

He has 153 goals and 126 games to his sanction to date.

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