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longdonkey said:
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.
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You can make that argument if you like. It'll fail. Concussion = severe, no exceptions. The AFL has been very clear about this.
 

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Macca19 said:
He knocked someone out
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By this logic, every player that knocks someone out is thrown the book at them.

Which obviously doesn't happen, hence this logic is flawed.
 
His best outcome hinges on the tribunal deciding to give him the chance to play in a grand final.
 
I just watched the highlights replay of last night's game, and Thilthorpe's tunnelling of Jones (which I didn't see live) looked deliberate given he appeared from the footage shown to use both hands to push a totally unprotected Port player who would have been close to a couple of metres in the air at the time, and it was only luck it resulted in Jones being badly winded as it could have been much worse.

As per the Rankine incident no free kick was paid, but at least Healey jumped on it given tunnelling is a very dangerous act, and he questioned why no free kick was awarded, which surprise surprise was followed up by his lap dog mate the ex squawker.

Unless the after match review panel who will be able to see the incident from different angles see something which may exonerate him they would have to cite Thilthorpe for that incident.

If it was a one off and he receives some type of penalty then so be it, but if he gets away with it and tunnelling becomes part of Thilthorpe's repertoire you can bet London to a brick players from all clubs will be all over it like white on rice and there could eventually be a square up looming in his tarot cards.
 
It'll be graded as careless/severe/high, there's basically no other way to grade it based on the way the gradings work. Even if we can successfully argue that Houston didn't get him high, Rankine hitting his head on the ground will be considered Houston's fault.

Our best bet is to argue that Houston is a fair player who was trying to make a play on the double fist spoiled ball, and made chest to chest contact with Rankine, turning slightly to avoid face to face contact that would have been far more horrific for both players.

He's getting weeks, he's probably serving some of his suspension next season, but we need to lay it on thick. Does he have a private school principal who can advocate for him?
 
El_Scorcho said:
It'll be graded as careless/severe/high, there's basically no other way to grade it based on the way the gradings work. Even if we can successfully argue that Houston didn't get him high, Rankine hitting his head on the ground will be considered Houston's fault.
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Has this been tested/established? I know we've seen sling tackles graded as high contact based on the tackled player's head hitting the ground, but I can't immediately recall a bump to the body being graded as high contact because the bumped player's head hit the ground.
 

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The ironic thing is that if rankine was in the air, and Houston jumped into the air and collected him in the exact same way there would be no report, no case to answer and rankine getting knocked out when hitting the ground would have been seen as an unfortunate football collision.


The state of this game.
 
Sloaneforpm said:
Don’t tell me Rachele has hurt your feelings has he!

When the dust settles and the emotion of the night (congrats on beating 15th facilitated by sniping our best player) - just take a look at how you view these things. I can only guess you were one of the many booing rankine off tonight.

We have seen the impacts these concussions have. Rankine showed boxers arms tonight (a sign of genuine brain insult). Former players have suicided - and yes, it’s correlated.

Doesn’t hurt to maintain some grace / respect about it.
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you thoughts are your thoughts, limited that they are.

the only comment I will make is the alleged booing of rankine, this was aimed at houston when his image was broadcast onto the large screen at the game, would have been from crows supporters.
 
If he didn't hit him in the head, and he was unconscious before he hit the ground, then technically how can you suspend someone for that? The AFL can't just give a vibe defence. No doubt it will go straight to the tribunal, and we should be arguing hard that he was whiplashed which is unavoidable if a player is allowed to contest the ball according to the rules.
 
Can Dan announce tomorrow that he wants to go to Collingwood next year? Surely that’s worth a discount.

It is incredibly unfortunate that Rankine was concussed in the incident. I hope he is well but any set of supporters who would not similarly love one of their players doing what Dan did in that moment is absolutely bullshitting. He did not run past the ball. He (from my impression of it) hit him in the chest, not high at all.

All of that is not to say Dan is not looking at a substantial suspension. He absolutely is. That is clear from the guidelines and the way they are interpreted. There is a real question whether that is appropriate but it is the reality he is dealing with. It is likely to be sent straight to the tribunal and, my guess is, counsel assisting will ask for at least 6 games.
 
Schulzenfest said:
You can make that argument if you like. It'll fail. Concussion = severe, no exceptions. The AFL has been very clear about this.
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You’re probably right, but that makes absolute zero logical sense.

They need to ban the bump, but haven’t got the balls to.
 
The "booing Rankine off" stuff is hilarious. A clear sign that people either weren't at the game or are being willfully ignorant.

The booing was Crows fans booing because JHF was given the ball for a mark he'd taken before play was stopped. Nobody was booing Rankine off.
 
El_Scorcho said:
The "booing Rankine off" stuff is hilarious. A clear sign that people either weren't at the game or are being willfully ignorant.

The booing was Crows fans booing because JHF was given the ball for a mark he'd taken before play was stopped. Nobody was booing Rankine off.
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i noticed after houston was on the big screen as well
 
El_Scorcho said:
The "booing Rankine off" stuff is hilarious. A clear sign that people either weren't at the game or are being willfully ignorant.

The booing was Crows fans booing because JHF was given the ball for a mark he'd taken before play was stopped. Nobody was booing Rankine off.
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The Adelaide-sucking media and the inept crow-supporting muffins have a combined intellect of 3 or 5 on a good day.
 

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