AFL legend foils brazen daylight robbery
Champion AFL goalkicker Saverio Rocca has successfully foiled a robbery attempt.
Seven reported that Rocca was shopping at JD Sports at Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne on Sunday when the incident took place.
The 51-year-old, who kicked 748 goals to rank 16th all-time in the V/AFL, managed to get the younger alleged thief to give up, without even catching him.
“I saw a guy, maybe mid 20s, rip out clothes from a shop assistant and I said to the girl, ‘is he stealing that’ and she said yes,’’ Rocca told the Herald Sun.
“I asked him to give them back and he said ‘nah, I’m leaving’ and he started running."
The footy favourite immediately sprung into action and started chasing the younger man.
“Stupid me, I started chasing him and I was running out the door yelling a few F-words and I said ‘if I catch you I’ll fix you up’. He decided to drop all the clothes and said all right.
“We didn’t come in contact, we just exchanged a few words and I picked up the clothes and dropped them back. If he had have kept going I don’t think I could have kept up much longer.”
The Herald Sun reported that as a reward for his efforts, the footy legend was given 40 per cent off a pair of shoes.
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