-
AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
MRP / Trib. Junior Rioli hit on Jordan Ridley
- Thread starter kane249
- Start date
- Tagged users None
theouthouse
All Australian
- Oct 4, 2021
- 791
- 1,268
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
In the above image Rioli and Ridley have clearly gone past each other without contact occuring.
I think this is pretty conclusive.
- May 18, 2014
- 1,683
- 1,532
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
It’s not regardless. You are quoting derm like his word is gospel.
Jr will get weeks. We know. It’s accepted and so he should. A player was concussed.
But this isn’t some dog act punching a guy way behind the play.
He was reckless, he hit him high, he will do his time. So why the **** are you carrying on like a pork chop?
- Jan 20, 2015
- 3,201
- 6,141
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
Which makes it a body block gone wrong. The same sort of action happens 100 times a game without incident. Very unlucky. Hardly the “dog act” people on here are suggesting. And if the ball isn’t in play what was Ridley doing, other than trying to get to his defender who the ball was being kicked to? Like I said, Rioli will get a week or two based on the outcome, but it’s bordering on not even a reportable offence.
- Jan 20, 2015
- 3,201
- 6,141
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
And Essendon fans, is it more or less of a “dog act” than caldwells actual punch a couple of weeks ago that he was not suspended for?
Having watched the multitude of fox replays, I am flabbergasted how that resulted in a concussion. I suspect Ridley may have concussed himself by headbutting the turf after that ridiculous spin and flop designed to draw a free kick.
- Jun 23, 2013
- 10,901
- 13,053
- AFL Club
- Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Los Angeles Clippers
Does he initially get clipped by the elbow or is it just Riolis hand flicking back?
So how was he concussed if no contact was made?
Never said it was a dog act.
Was of the opposite opinion in fact.
Just replying to some moronic Port supporters saying "no contact was made, there was nothing in it".
I'm not sure if it's with a his left elbow or the back of his arm TBH.
Some Morons on here blaming Ridley.
As I said, forwards do a lot of their body work well before the ball is in the area. As you can clearly see, Finlayson launches for the ball moments later (and the clip is in slow motion, it was 1-2 seconds). All three players on screen are absolutely "in play" at this stage.
It's a very shallow view of football if you think "in play" is only when the ball is within 5m of the play.
Sure, if the ball was going into the Essendon 50 and he does this, then it's not in play.
Finally - I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here, not one person has said he won't get weeks. He will definitely get weeks, but it will be in the 2-3 weeks range. Which of the below are you arguing?
Careless - He's clearly making a block and catches him with a trailing hand - there is no swing of the arm (the only momentum is his body itself swinging, plus Ridley running). It's an accident. Intentional only comes into play if you think he's deliberately tried to hit him. Surely even you don't believe that?
High Contact - guessing no debate here, based on the initial concern of a broken jaw, he's clearly got him high.
Impact - this could be high or severe. Given the footage shows minimal impact (the damage is caused by hitting the wrong spot rather than the force itself), it could be graded high.
With the above criteria, he gets 2 or 3 weeks for high or severe respectively.
I'm not arguing the penalty.
I've repeatedly said it will be between 2 or 3 weeks.
I think it's 3.
I think it's Careless, high and severe.
But some on here would try and defend Ted Bundy if he played for their side.
We will have to agree to disagree on the ball being in play I guess.
i see rioli going past, nothing happens, then half a second later... back and to the left. Ridley is clearly hit by a sniper and flings his arms up in the air and falls to the ground. Back.. and to the left.
bomberclifford
Importer/Exporter
LukeParkerno1
Post-Human
Will be high/high/high at best and that’s about right. Can see them going severe and I don’t mind them doing that. 3 weeks is about right.
There was a second shooter, behind the bushes over by the gravelly road!
If that's "severe" contact.. then.. well.. what's it called when someone actually gets hit hard?
Rabish Binney
Left out overnight
Someone from the grassy knoll in front of the AO scoreboard?
LukeParkerno1
Post-Human
If a bloke is subbed out have no problem it being graded severe. It’s harsh but I’m fine with it. High would be the best case and that’s generous which I doubt the MRC will be. If Van Rooyen got 2, that’s the bare minimum and he was lucky
LukeParkerno1
Post-Human
3? So more than
Becomes more about who you hit than how hard or where.
Pickett was VERY lucky most disagreed on the sanction there but two wrongs don’t make a right
Action vs outcome again.
The action would be low impact, there's literally nothing in it. The outcome though is a concussion through some fluke spot he's hit or the angle he's hit him at etc.
Of course the outcome needs to be factored in, but it shouldn't be the be all and end all. If it were the case, then the AFL needs to just come out and say it - if you cause a concussion, it will be graded as severe.
Putting both the action and outcome together, I would land at high.
In my mind, BOTH always need to be considered.
By that logic then Todd Marshall should have got 4 weeks for paddy mccartin getting KOed by a blade of grass.
At some point the actual impact has to come into it, not whether it's a freak accident because someone has a glass jaw.
manureid
Laziest Poster on Figbooty
Was the guy on Perth time or something? Took him ages to go down.
Port supporters are trying really hard to paint this as a freak mistake from an action that happens many times a game. But there is nothing natural about how Rioli uses his arm here. They are using terms like 'loose arm' and 'trailing hand', but it is clear Rioli intentionally raises it towards Ridley after directly looking at him. Dog act or not, it is obviously dangerous to extend an arm towards someone moving forward (momentum) and high enough to hit them on the head.
