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Rioli I'm ok with. He was to mark then protected himself.
I actually think Mitch Robinson is stiff.
What the hell was Duursma doing in that contest? He actually looks up then ducks head first into it.
Why is there no responsibility on players to protect themselves by approaching the ball with good technique?
I actually think Mitch Robinson is stiff.
What the hell was Duursma doing in that contest? He actually looks up then ducks head first into it.
Why is there no responsibility on players to protect themselves by approaching the ball with good technique?
Milli-second late & already leaving the ground at full pace. I have no doubt Rioli marks this if Rowell pulls up a touch short.
We ask our players to make an aerial contest but if someone gets hurt you can't suspend them.
There's truck loads of marking contests where players get hurt because someone in the contest was reckless. One could say Rowell has little self care here too?
Very slippery slope..
We ask our players to make an aerial contest but if someone gets hurt you can't suspend them.
There's truck loads of marking contests where players get hurt because someone in the contest was reckless. One could say Rowell has little self care here too?
Very slippery slope..
Think of the number of times a player marking the ball knees an oppo defender in the head? There's countless cases of it every round..
Rioli was clearly too late for this intention to mark. I reckon AFL will appeal this.
Agree on Mitch Robinson. Hit Duursma where he hit Dusty and yet gets a 1 week, whereas the hit on Dusty's was more intentional and nothing happened (I suppose it wasn't the head anyway, but nearly killed Dusty)
Agree on Mitch Robinson. Hit Duursma where he hit Dusty and yet gets a 1 week, whereas the hit on Dusty's was more intentional and nothing happened (I suppose it wasn't the head anyway, but nearly killed Dusty)
AFL said no appeal.
If it was a Richmond player staging for a free kick they would have appealed but since it was only a head high contact, it’s okay.
Damning. They're not serious about protecting the head, no matter how many frees they give Duckwood and Crumples.
FMD and the tribunal let him off. Guess Rowell's head doesn't rate as a sacred site.
Spot on. Agree, Rioli contesting the mark until the last minute. He jumped not yo bump but to attempt the mark. And did he hit Rowell in the head? Or through the chest?
Good decision. Any time I disagree entitle with mince I know I’m right.
Easy in freeze frame or slo mo. He’s not to know what Rowell will do until the last minute. He wasn’t leaving his feet to bump, he was jumping to mark and had his arms out at that stage.
Good decision.
AFL just waiting on Lynch or anyone of our players to get reported so they can impose the harshest penalty possible to appease those concerned with possible injury
That this even came up as a tribunal incident is an indication of how spooked the game is by the spectre of concussion right now.
I'm sorry, but I disagree.
It's simple laws of Physics at play here - nit freeze frame.
The ball is travelling down at the moment the photo is taken and Rioli is travelling up. If he really wanted to mark the ball he should be travelling down.
If the AFL are truly interested in protecting the head then this is an open and shut case. As with most things, they completely cocked it up.
No, he’s trying to get to the ball first. He has no way of knowing whether he or Rowell are going to get there first. So you attack the ball. It’s pretty clear he is not jumping into Rowell with the intention to dump. He is front on until the last moment.
Was Rowell actually struck in the head? Or through the chest?
