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taraba

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So Fritsch has his (what I thought was lenient) suspension overturned at the tribunal. Apparently it is now legal and within the rules to elbow players in the face.
 

eddazol

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So Fritsch has his (what I thought was lenient) suspension overturned at the tribunal. Apparently it is now legal and within the rules to elbow players in the face.
Ordinary decision. To be expected though.
 
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mrposhman

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So Fritsch has his (what I thought was lenient) suspension overturned at the tribunal. Apparently it is now legal and within the rules to elbow players in the face.

Head is sacrosanct apparently
 
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Ridley

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So Fritsch has his (what I thought was lenient) suspension overturned at the tribunal. Apparently it is now legal and within the rules to elbow players in the face.
That was validated when Stagerfield elbowed Vlastuin in the head 5 minutes into the grand final and we were forced to play a man down for the rest of the game.
 

artball

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the Fritzsch decision .... oh the hypocrisy of it all ...
 
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Redford

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But...but... Lynch. Tummy tap ! Hysteria ! Must be banned ! Pushes someone in the head. Weeks of outrage and discussion. How could this happen ???

Elbows in the head. Punches to the face. Meh. Boring. Quick one liners. Move on. Zzzzzzz....
 
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Actually don't have a problem with it. As I reckon Petracca contributed to it with the shove.

All you want is consistency though. I think back to Reid getting suspended after similarly getting shoved into the contest & collecting Fyfe..


We play a collision sport. Players are going to protect themselves & there will be casualties from it. There will be more if they don't protect themselves.
 

Harry

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Actually don't have a problem with it. As I reckon Petracca contributed to it with the shove.

All you want is consistency though. I think back to Reid getting suspended after similarly getting shoved into the contest & collecting Fyfe..


We play a collision sport. Players are going to protect themselves & there will be casualties from it. There will be more if they don't protect themselves.
Don't agree. He fended to avoid the tackle with a raised elbow. His choice.
 
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Don't agree. He fended to avoid the tackle with a raised elbow. His choice.
Have watched it a few times. Looks real bad in slow motion.
In real time think he's protecting his own face as Powell is propelled forward.
Also Powell wasn't concussed & played out the game.
I'm ok with no suspension.
 

MD Jazz

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So you can elbow someone in the head now. Fair nuff.
Not if you are in a tigers jumper - Soldo says hello.

And Soldo was only trying to protect himself from Worpel jumping at him. And only got him in the neck. And didn't cause a hair of damage.

At least Dangerfield had a reason for his arm being raised in that he had just punched the ball.

Why did they downgrade it to accidental from careless? It could be both IMO. Under the AFL definition of Careless Conduct:

Careless conduct A Player’s conduct will be regarded as Careless where his conduct is not intentional, but constitutes a breach of the duty of care owed by the Player to all other Players. Each Player owes a duty of care to all other Players, Umpires and other persons (as applicable) not to engage in conduct which will constitute a Reportable Offence being committed against that other Player, Umpire or other person (as applicable). In order to constitute such a breach of that duty of care, the conduct must be such that a reasonable Player would not regard it as prudent in all the circumstances. Further, a Player will be careless if they breach their duty to take reasonable care to avoid acts which can be reasonably foreseen to result in a Reportable Offence.

This appears the perfect example of careless conduct. Surely you owe a duty of care not to raise your elbow at an oncoming tackler? Who fends a tackle with an elbow (other than bumper bar Gaz)?

The deflection about him being pushed by Petracca and being lower is laughable.

Christian is clearly incompetent.
 
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