IT WAS the sledge from a Brownlow medallist that forced Kane Cornes to contemplate retirement.

In the first of our new series What Really Happened, Cornes recalls the moment.

Rewind to Adelaide Oval, round eight, 2014.

This modern-day superstar turned to Cornes and said: "Bring your old, skinny, frail bones with me ... we're going straight to the goalsquare."

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