It's like trash talking Tim Duncan.
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If the AFL doesn't come out this week and ban this practise then they should face the consequences when there is a serious injuryQuote:
Toby Greene cleared contact NNewman. Before ball arrives, Greene extends his leg and pushes player Newman, before completing the mark. Force used was below that required for a charge to be laid. No further action taken.
They should definitely do something for next season. They most definitely won't do anything about it this season.
Protection of players - surely they can just put a stop to it now? Why wait, what is the point.
Something should have been done when Dahl got his faced kicked in. I bet if it was Dangerfield or Dusty getting a kick in the face, they would have changed it then and there.
I don't think there is suddenly going to be an influx of these occurrences between now at the end of the season. And it isn't more dangerous than a knee.
Could they just hold off on a knee-jerk rule change until Greene gets force-fed a boot by a defender protecting his space please?
Then they can change it.
So you can put your studs up to protect space but cannot put your hands in someone's back to protect space?
Under the current rules of a marking contest, yes. He only got a fine today because it was deemed in the incident with Newman that he made the contact BEFORE the ball arrived/was in the immediate area.
Its surprising that in 120 years of footy, that it is only coming up now as an issue.
I wonder if he practices the move or being a tool just comes naturally to him?
Serious question....where do you draw the line on it? And how problematic will that be. We’ve seen on footy programs tonight video of some of Jarrad Waite’s ‘speckies’ where he puts the studs into the back and side of players. And there are times where players put there studs onto the shoulders or backs of players. Is it limited to studs in the front? Do they try and define what type of motion the player is moving/pushing there foot/leg towards the opponent?
I don’t think it is as straightforward to legislate on than you would initially think. Greene’s examples might all look bad - but what about other examples? And what is the most dangerous? If we are talking about dangerous - in many circumstances I’d prefer the studs to the knee. I’ve been knocked out by a knee to the head playing footy - I don’t think it should be outlawed - and it passes the eye test more than ‘studs up’, but I think there are some potentially problematic elements.
Anything with two motions should be penalised, just as they are with the hands/elbows. The Newman one on the weekend was a clear double motion.
Anything studs up in open play (such as with Dahl last year) is a free kick on the night, straight to the tribunal and multiple weeks. Still staggered that he escaped suspension for that 12 months ago.
I agree it will be hard to legislate and if we have learnt anything its that the AFL make the easy look difficult so I am concerned that they will stuff it up badly.
But what Greene did is wrong, all of them are wrong. It's not in the spirit of the game and Waite was using his feet to climb on a player, Greene was using his feet to "protect his space" so different use cases
Mason Cox cops a week for a full frontal block off the ball and last week Liam jones punches a guy in the guts, again off the ball and receives a fine.
MRO really is a mess.
Jeezus they're a mob of amateurish turds.
To anyone with working eyes Grimes plainly hammed up the severity of the bump looking for an on-field advantage.
Cox is effectively the scapegoat for the AFEL MRP ballsing up their job from the round prior and suddenly needing to look competent.
Tim English got pinged for this new ruling in a ruck contest. I am not sure if it has been called elsewhere across the games yet but watching the replay, the action he took doesn't warrant a free. As usual, they'll make a mess of this one, punish incidental acts in the process of getting the ball and turn a blind eye, or play down, dirty, violent acts.
FEUDING pair Billy Gowers and Jarman Impey have both received fines for their aggressive jabs to each other during Sunday's contest between Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs.
Gowers received a free kick after he was struck in the chest by Impey, but dished out a similar retaliation moments later as the pair clashed in a heated encounter at the MCG.
Impey was hit with a $3000 fine for two fixed financial striking penalties stemming from the fight, while Gowers was slapped with a $1500 fine after being penalised for one strike.
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Mason Cox has had a successful challenge.
Dusty gets two plus a fine. It's about right but I would have liked it to be four.
Dusty gets it knocked down to one week.
What a lot of crap.
If we get any reports we should challenge ever one.
It's an absolute joke that a player can end up only going for a week for an intentional drive-by elbow.
"He's just got to take a breath. He's a very, very good player. He gets the treatment because that's what he is, so he's just got to go past it and we need to help him a bit with it.
"It would be nice if he did get a couple of extra free kicks, but he's got a week off which is disappointing for us. But in two weeks' time, we'll be back at it."
Kennedy, the victim of the clash on Saturday afternoon, was called to provide evidence during the 90-minute hearing, saying that Martin's forearm initially made contact with the middle of his shoulder before glancing towards his head.
The Giants player said the fact the strike eventually hit him in his head gave him "a bit of a shock" and laughed as he described the force of the contact as "a good knock".
However, he also crucially said that he didn't feel any pain as a result of the strike.
Field umpire Nathan Williamson, who laid the report, was also called to give evidence and revealed Kennedy told him he was "fine" and that he didn't believe the strike was malicious.
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JJ says hello Dusty, get over it.
What about intent, the elbow was raised to horizontal for high contact he could have kept it low as he went pass and it also make Michael Christian look like he doesn't know his job. (Which he doesn't)
I've just looked at the footage of the Jesse Hogan bump that cost him a $2000 fine.
I'm gobsmacked.
https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/...ro-hogan-cited
Easton Wood has been charged by the MRP for engaging in Rough Conduct.He can accept a $2000 fine with an early plea.
Liberatore charged by MRO
This is utter Bullshit. Fyfe gets away with smacking Richards in the face with an elbow and Libba just pushes Walters to the ground.Quote:
Western Bulldogs midfielder Tom Liberatore has been charged by the MRO. Liberatore was charged with rough conduct against Fremantle’s Michael Walters in the clubs’ round six clash at Optus Stadium.
The incident occurred in the first quarter of the match.
Liberatore can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea. The incident was assessed as intentional conduct with low impact and body contact, and classified as a $3000 sanction as a first offence which is reduced to $2000 with an early plea.
https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/11252...g&name=600x314
Ablett out for a week
Gowers fined for headbutt.
Ablett decision is pretty soft, not much in it. Graded intentional but I'm not sure it was.
Hipwood received a fine for what was apparently a similar incident to Ablett's (I haven't seen it). A one week suspension would have been handy.
Is this some late April Fools shenanigans? :confused:
Usually it goes:
Nobody bulldogs player- Deregister him and throw him in a pit of venomous snakes for life.
Superstar Ablett type- "Hey, everyone look over there...a squirrel!" (MRO runs away in other direction). No case to answer.
I've watched this from several angles and for the life of me I can't figure out what Ablett was actually trying to do.
He was well too late to attempt to smother the handball and he's actively initiated contact for no apparent reason.
I don't know if its worth a week in the scheme of things but I can certainly understand why it would have been graded intentional.