▁Anderson . ▁He ▁was ▁told ▁to ▁be ▁physical ▁with ▁M essen ger ▁– ▁make ▁every ▁tack le ▁and ▁hit ▁him ▁hard , ▁to ▁make ▁him ▁hes itate ▁and ▁der ide ▁him ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁his ▁fans ▁and ▁team ▁m ates . ▁Re ports ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁show ▁Anderson ▁and ▁M essen ger ▁meeting ▁many ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁air , ▁hitting ▁ch ests . ▁These ▁cl ash es ▁were ▁so ▁hard ▁they ▁were ▁heard ▁across ▁the ▁entire ▁field . ▁Anderson ▁did ▁his ▁job ▁of ▁attack ing ▁M essen ger ▁val i antly . ▁The ▁entire ▁stad ium ▁knew ▁what ▁was ▁happening . ▁However ▁this ▁seemed ▁to ▁have ▁no ▁effect ▁on ▁either ▁player . ▁M essen ger ▁played ▁his ▁game ▁as ▁if ▁there ▁was ▁nothing ▁different , ▁and ▁Anderson ▁continued ▁to ▁hit ▁him ▁hard . ▁After wards , ▁East s ▁players ▁were ▁per plex ed ▁at ▁M essen ger ' s ▁ability ▁to ▁take ▁this ▁bar rage ▁from ▁Anderson . ▁The ▁same ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁said ▁for ▁Anderson ▁however . ▁Re ports ▁say ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁left ▁the ▁field ▁" se ver ely ▁sh aken ". ▁It ▁was ▁unclear ▁if ▁this ▁was ▁because ▁of ▁M essen ger ' s ▁una ffect ed ▁state ▁or ▁if ▁he ▁was ▁sust aining ▁an ▁injury . ▁Anderson ' s ▁form ▁d eter ior ated ▁over ▁the ▁last ▁few ▁weeks . ▁He ▁lost ▁all ▁his ▁confidence ▁and ▁skill . ▁He ▁then ▁lost ▁his ▁place ▁in ▁South ▁Sydney ▁and ▁never ▁reg ained ▁it ▁Anderson ▁then ▁moved ▁to ▁Bal main . ▁He