‘Please tell me he hasn’t gone to hospital’: Morrison the bulldozer knocks over a child while playing soccer

Prime minister accidentally crashes into under-8s player Luca Fauvette during a campaign visit to the Devonport City Soccer Club in Tasmania

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Scott Morrison has lived up to his self-applied moniker of bulldozer" by crashing into a young child while playing football on the campaign trail in Tasmania.

The prime minister had the mid-match collision with the under-8s player at the Devonport City Soccer Club on Wednesday afternoon.