A BROKEN collarbone can have a devastating effect on a young athlete channelling through their chosen sporting ranks.
For talented Medowie schoolgirl Maddy Marsh it has proved the springboard to State selection in the AFL code and a deserved bronze medal.
Turn the clock back twelve months and Maddy – a promising Port Stephens Power ruck rover – had just earned selection in the NSW Under 15s representative squad to participate at the National Junior AFL Championships in Albury.
But her delight soon turned to heartbreak when she snapped her collarbone while playing in a local schoolgirls rugby league fixture and was ruled out of the national titles.
Weeks of hard toil in rehabilitation reaped dividends for the promising Power ruck woman who was chosen once again to don the…