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Under current rules, Rankine has to get some penalty. Just not sure it was worth 4 matches.
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I don't think it's pure chance though is it? He chose to bump him. Head clashes from bumping isn't exactly unheard of or never seen before. There is every chance of a head clash when you go to make that contact.That's the right question. It is insanity that pure chance = 4 weeks.
I haven't watched it frame by frame but it looked to me like Rankines feet left the ground a split second before the bump. IIRC the AFL came out years ago and said if you jump into a bump its going to cost you more.I don't think it's pure chance though is it? He chose to bump him. Head clashes from bumping isn't exactly unheard of or never seen before. There is every chance of a head clash when you go to make that contact.
You are a gutless feral and an imbecile.
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Crows going to challenge, will be interesting to see their argument for why Rankine couldnt just, you know, side step the player jogging towards him.
Confirmed?Crows going to challenge, will be interesting to see their argument for why Rankine couldnt just, you know, side step the player jogging towards him.
Feels like the severe impact is the only real fertile ground for a challenge. Lions maybe indicating to the Crows that the medical report might give them some wiggle room.
Confirmed?
Apparently challenging the intent. Looks like Adam Kelly has as strong an understanding of tribunal rules as he did the restricted free agent process.
Can only conclude he should have jumped off the ground to deliberately make contact with his opponent’s head, instead of a bump with an accidental clash of heads. That way he’d have received only two weeks, down to zero.
Cripps on Ah Chee?What the hell are you talking about? This makes literally zero sense.
Wow, I guess they effectively judged that it was a headbut by Rankin, that is, that he intentionally made contact with his head. Afterall, that is what caused the injury. Interesting call.
Gaff is a weird one to bring up.This wasn’t a football incident. Rankine saw an opportunity to bump Starcevich off the ball and took it. The fact he stuffed it up is irrelevant to the grading of intentional. Rankine not intending to knock out Starcevich is irrelevant. The act was intentional, not the outcome. Andrew Gaff probably didn’t intend to bust Brayshaw’s jaw apart, but he sure as shit chose to hit him.
juuuust close enough? Keane had the ball in his possession when Powell-Pepper collected with him. Its impossible for a bump to be more "on ball" than the SPP one.2. It wasn’t graded the same. Powell-Pepper’s was graded as Careless not intentional (because it was juuuust close enough to be classed as on ball)