I still think there is some hope, there was no free kick. The umpires clearly thought fair bump.
I hope Rankine is ok, the site of it didn't look great at all.
I hope Rankine is ok, the site of it didn't look great at all.
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Was tonight the first game of football you've watched for 40 years?Bullshit if he gets weeks. He hits him in the chest with the ball between them. Rankine is clearly awake and aware as he falls then slams his head on the ground.
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I'll tell you what I loved about this. One of the most disconnecting aspects of modern AFL as a fan is the vibe of 'we're all friends, we just wear different colours out on the field'. All the players are so friendly with each other, they're all mates, it feels almost like social sport. Actually social sport is probably more competitive. But you have an incident like that and suddenly there is some genuine ill will and a feeling of competitiveness befitting of a professional sport.
Now obviously it shouldn't take an incident like that for players to actually play with some competitive spirit but that's certainly what I saw last night.
Would have thought if there is head contact you can’t reasonably also call it intentional, but with body contact it’s got to be intentional doesn’t it?
What about life imprisonment? Seriously what the **** are you talking about.Was tonight the first game of football you've watched for 40 years?
He won't get weeks. He'll get months.
Try recalling a little harder then.Yeah it’s not exactly balanced over on our board but out of the hundreds of games I have been to I can’t recall the crowd ever heckling a stretchered player. And you lot continue it on here …
I guess the port Adelaide passion is just stronger or you lack other sources of joy in your lives.
Good luck in finals.
Yeah it’s not exactly balanced over on our board but out of the hundreds of games I have been to I can’t recall the crowd ever heckling a stretchered player. And you lot continue it on here …
I guess the port Adelaide passion is just stronger or you lack other sources of joy in your lives.
Good luck in finals.
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Some ****head on the main board trying to make the crowd reaction a race thing. There was only one racist I know of in the crowd last night, his name is Taylor Walker.
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I just got called a racist for saying that there was only one banana thrower when the muppet said there were thousands. I am not sure they are right in the head.Some ****head on the main board trying to make the crowd reaction a race thing. There was only one racist I know of in the crowd last night, his name is Taylor Walker.
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I went and did some digging into the MRO / Tribunal guidelines and the sanctions for Webster earlier this year.
I would've assumed since he chose to bump it would be deemed intentional. But apparently Webster's was deemed careless, maybe because it's a football act?
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"This incident was entirely avoidable. Webster launched into a relatively defenceless Simpkin. He had time to consider his alternatives. The impact was violent and the consequences for Simpkin were heavy. Nonetheless, the offence was graded careless."
could and probably would be applied to Houston's action. So I reckon you tick off careless and severe.
Maybe it's possible to argue it's body contact? I don't think so though, given Rankine appears out before he hits the ground. That being said, Looking at Houston's compared to Webster's, the ball is closer by the time Houston bumps and he stays on the ground with no stray elbows. It doesn't even draw a free. So even though I reckon it'll be considered head high I reckon they'll be able to argue it deserves less weeks than Webster's.
I reckon it shakes out at 6 but I could see a world where it gets down to 4 or 5. Can't see it getting any lower, but can't see it getting equal to or higher than Webster's 7.
But who knows
There is absolutely zero chance it will be graded as anything but severe. Zero.So looking at that we have to argue Intentional, High, Body which is a flat 2 games and doesn't give them the chance to give an arbitrary Port tax.
It reminded me so much of Timmy G in the 94 grand final.I loved it. Best part is he's literally the last player on the team I would've expected to do a Choppy Pickett. For all his skill the guy plays with little anger or emotion and is actually somewhat timid. Then bang, see you later Izak. Visibly lifted the team and visibly made the opposition cower, just like old days Port. What a way to sign off.
Intentional is more for off the ball incidents. Can severe impact be deemed careless? Has there been precedence?Intentional is typically reserved for cases where a player intends to commit a reportable offence, e.g., striking. If this incident is graded intentional, I think Houston could reasonably argue it down to careless by claiming that he intended to effect a legal bump.
The weirdest thing about it is that given the vagueness of the suspension rules it is entirely possible that it wasn't a free kick yet will be a suspension.I always though the line was "if you elect to bump and get high you're gone"
I think it's grey, at least more-so than initially thought. I can absolutely see him missing the rest of the season, but I can also see the case that, from the stills and vision I've seen, he gets him purely chest on chest.
That's legal under the rules no? Enough so that people complaining about no free, what would a free technically have been for?
Having said that, and I'm absolutely no fan of Rankine, he's a bit of a grub himself, but genuinely hope the lads ok.
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Intentional is more for off the ball incidents. Can severe impact be deemed careless? Has there been precedence?
The argument that I would be making is that any concussion was caused by landing on the ground and that the contact itself was high to the body. Footage shows no contact with the head and we should be able to argue that point.There is absolutely zero chance it will be graded as anything but severe. Zero.
Concussion is an automatic 'severe' and has been all year.
The weirdest thing about it is that given the vagueness of the suspension rules it is entirely possible that it wasn't a free kick yet will be a suspension.
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