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Taylor Walker's dangerous tackle on Morris
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It may or may not be wrong, but it certainly is what has happened before. Walker was pinged before because he pinned the arms of Taylor (of Geelong) and when they both hit th ground together, Taylor was slightly dazed. Only because of that did the MRP look at it.
In this case, Morris' arms were not pinned, Walker was underneath Morris and Walker hit the ground first, there was no high contact whatsoever, and Morris was not the least bit hurt.
If the MRP is consistent, considering what they decided for Buddy's "spear" tackle in which the player tackled was also not hurt, Walker has no case to answer here.
If the MRP judges the incidents on the injury outcome, as they did with Buddy, then in this case for consistency the correct outcome is ... free kick paid to Walker against Morris for holding the ball.
If this is the case I hope this is the outcome
It is wrong what he did, even with no to injury morris, in the end it was still a bloody sling tackle.. gonskies!!
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I don't think suplex's are legal. Which is a shame, it looks like a beautiful tackle.
for those saying Morris's head doesn't hit the ground need glasses, because his head clearly hits the ground..
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Yep! Morris got straight up and started to remonstrate with Walker..as shown here
http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/76/default.aspx#playvideo
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Walker is just lucky the ground was soft. Morris would have been stretchered off if it was hard.
The FACT is he did not have to do it. He had already sufficiently ******ed him to get the free for holding. There was no need to pick up a player and almost do a WWE suplex on him.
I really feel he will get weeks for that. It was stupid and could have easily caused a C-spine injury ending Morris' career!
The FACT is he did not have to do it. He had already sufficiently ******ed him to get the free for holding. There was no need to pick up a player and almost do a WWE suplex on him.
I really feel he will get weeks for that. It was stupid and could have easily caused a C-spine injury ending Morris' career!
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Oh my god how are you missing this analogy. If you make contact around the shoulders its high. The Richmond kids shoulders/head made contact with the ground as a result of walkers action. Therefore it has to be deemed high contact when the match review panel are grading it.
Can't be a sling tackle since Walker is underneath Morris, and Morris lands on Walker.
Not the least bit dangerous, since Morris does not have his arms pinned, Morris even uses his right arm to break his fall, and there is no high contact whatsoever. The proof being in the pudding ... Morris was not the slightest bit hurt.
Yep, there seems to be a lot of Crows fans that have no objectivity whatsoever on this one. Really disappointed that he could be so stupid. 3 games on the sidelines is not a team act.
Doesn't have to be a sling tackle to be reported. Any potentially dangerous tackle can be reported. That was potentially VERY dangerous.
Arguing that no injury means that nothing will happen is incredibly naive, and straw grasping at its best. Swans trip, Goodes sliding in knees first, both no injuries, both potentially very dangerous and judged as such. This will be no different.
Of course this brings attention back to the MRP and how they use the "no injury" reason as justification for not penalising people sometimes, but we all know the MRP is inconsistent.
Of course this brings attention back to the MRP and how they use the "no injury" reason as justification for not penalising people sometimes, but we all know the MRP is inconsistent.
I knew this thread would be started by Richmond fans.
Walker won't get any - the MAIN reason being the AFL would then have to say an umpire was wrong, which they won't want to do.
the only other reason this gets looked at is the media and anyone connected to Richmond in said media.
Walker won't get any - the MAIN reason being the AFL would then have to say an umpire was wrong, which they won't want to do.
the only other reason this gets looked at is the media and anyone connected to Richmond in said media.
Morris' head does not hit the ground. Morris' shoulder lands on top of Walker's because Walker is underneath. There is no contact at all to any part of Morris' anatomy which is "high".
So Walker,s past misses are irrelevant when do they become relevant when he breaks someone,s neck because that is what will happen if he keeps tackling in this manner.
it is a good thing to have aggression but it has to tempered this thread has the feel of the last thread when Walker got reported previously he did it then and he has done it again and nothing Crows fans say justify that tackle.
Walker has to go on that footage and anyone arguing that he has no case to answer is deluded.
or maybe Richmond fans are a bit soft?
I am not sure what that has to do with player safety. Gieshen continually says umpires make mistakes. It was holding the ball but then immediately should have been reversed for dumping the player in a dangerous fashion. The second part was a mistake by the umpire. No controversy at all.
This Taylor Walker bloke is gonna get into serious trouble soon.
Last week pushed Nathan Grima into the goalpost at speed and went close to stomping on Thompson's head on the ground. Has been known for other incidents as well.
Yes yes we all love an aggressive forwards and I like his game generally but he's risking some serious damage to someone if he keeps these things up every week. Sooner or later it's gonna end up really bad and who knows what the result will be.
Last week pushed Nathan Grima into the goalpost at speed and went close to stomping on Thompson's head on the ground. Has been known for other incidents as well.
Yes yes we all love an aggressive forwards and I like his game generally but he's risking some serious damage to someone if he keeps these things up every week. Sooner or later it's gonna end up really bad and who knows what the result will be.
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They're not going to pick him, Mitch.
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No injury helps him, but should be at least 4 weeks with his previous sanctions. Excellent tackle right up until the bit where he German Suplexed him into the turf. Dangerous and should be stamped out.
duty of care rests on whether or not the player gets injured. which is completely ridiculous, but that's what the afl has shown. they can slide in even if the afl has told them not to and so long as there is no injury, the afl will deem that sufficient duty of care has taken place.
the afl has set the precedent in preferring an injury report rather than guessing at intent to determine a penalty.
in saying that... obviously no-one knows what will happen.
the afl has set the precedent in preferring an injury report rather than guessing at intent to determine a penalty.
in saying that... obviously no-one knows what will happen.
