I believe it is just concussion. Looked more like a hit to the cheekbone by the way Lambert was holding his face afterwards.
Thanks Tigerlove.
That was my initial fear that we would hear !
I believe it is just concussion. Looked more like a hit to the cheekbone by the way Lambert was holding his face afterwards.
What's the difference between not deliberately aiming a knee to a head vs making no effort to avoid contact when the end result is concussion?
You need time to avoid contact. You can't help incidental contact if your task is to tackle or stop another player from getting the ball away. Your belief is that he did it intentionally. Mine is, based on the circumstances of Lambert diving to knock the ball forward and his body turning there really was no time or option to analyse the situation in depth when your task is to tackle the player. Unless you can categorically show a player's intention it's a dangerous game to play to suspend players on assumptions. It was a pretty straight forward case to adjudicate imo.
The MRO.What's the difference between not deliberately aiming a knee to a head vs making no effort to avoid contact when the end result is concussion?
Not the way I read reports (and majority of reports came from the same source).
There was plenty of time to roll to the side and make contact body on body rather than knee to head. If Cameron's reaction time is that slow that he couldn't have turned, then he wouldn't be playing AFL.
What's the difference between not deliberately aiming a knee to a head vs making no effort to avoid contact when the end result is concussion?
This. Exactly.It was a practice game
Next to the boundary line
Lambert didn't have possession - was knocking it on
Cameron showed no duty of care
Astbury could have cleaned him up a couple of times but chose not to
Didn't mean to quote above but reckon if it was Towner doing this last year to an opponent (Lever or Crouch etc.) most would say it was 'clumsy' and 'e plays tough.' Cameron's the same for mine. Makes them earn it, made a one or two bad ones during his career. I'd have him at Richmond playing like he does in a heartbeat.Cameron dropped the knee, simple.
Should have been reckless as a minimum and at least 1 week if not 2 - the AFL were meant to be getting serious with concussions.
Rubbish.Didn't mean to quote above but reckon if it was Towner doing this last year to an opponent (Lever or Crouch etc.) most would say it was 'clumsy' and 'e plays tough.' Cameron's the same for mine. Makes them earn it, made a one or two bad ones during his career. I'd have him at Richmond playing like he does in a heartbeat.
Towner never dropped the kneeDidn't mean to quote above but reckon if it was Towner doing this last year to an opponent (Lever or Crouch etc.) most would say it was 'clumsy' and 'e plays tough.' Cameron's the same for mine. Makes them earn it, made a one or two bad ones during his career. I'd have him at Richmond playing like he does in a heartbeat.
one or two bad ones during his career.
Give away for me was when he thought he was in trouble and tried to help him up after it. Most guilty players do that when worried.I have watched the replay at least a dozen times, Cameron could easily avoided the contact, I am certain that he deliberately dropped his knee into Lambert.