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Personally I wouldn't suspend either of them for the tackles. Also seems bizarre that a Suns player got 1 week for an elbow to the head while not in play.What does everyone think of Toby Bedford copping 3 weeks.? What is the alternative, run with Taranto but dont tackle him. Is this not very similar to Dangerfield, did Dangerfield cop 1 week only for a very similar tackle. I presume Walsh was not concussed in the dangerfield tackle but seriously one gets 1 week and bedford cops 3 because one bloke was concussed and the other wasnt. Geez im not sure what else Bedford could have done. Only other option dont tackle Taranto. im confused but hope the bloke gets off.
The more interesting point on this Bedford Taranto tackle was Taranto was obviously in abit of distress and he was dazed and hunched over but the umpire throws the ball up which looked like only couple of metres away from where taranto was on the ground.
Bedford did lose his feet, which caused a hip drop type effect that lowered his gravity so Taranto was more likely to hit his head. However, this hasn't been much discussed in AFL. However, I am sure that there is not enough time to react, consult a risk assessment matrix and then apply a tackle.