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Dangerous tackle
- Thread starter Tigers of Old
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I’m very happy with the performance of our team tonight. It was a magnificent backs to the wall win.
But I am extremely disillusioned with the game. The AFL seems intent on turning it onto non contact sport. AFLX. That was a *smile* joke tonight. Play footy and there is a chance you might get hurt by accident. Deal with it. If you don’t want to get hurt don’t play. Tackling is part of the game and and sometimes through no one’s fault a player will hit his head on the ground.
This is not the game I grew up with.
But I am extremely disillusioned with the game. The AFL seems intent on turning it onto non contact sport. AFLX. That was a *smile* joke tonight. Play footy and there is a chance you might get hurt by accident. Deal with it. If you don’t want to get hurt don’t play. Tackling is part of the game and and sometimes through no one’s fault a player will hit his head on the ground.
This is not the game I grew up with.
If the rule is enforced in tomorrow's matches then no problem but if not RFC need to take action against the AFL
If the rule is enforced every game, every week then fine, no issues. But we know it's the usual note to umpires during the week that we are keeping a
" close " eye on the tackling this week as some big heavy tackles are creeping into the game and we want to stamp them out. By the end of this week, clubs will have adjusted slightly and the rule will disappear again. Except for when Nank tackles, with intent to maim n destroy.
I noticed how quickly some of the Brisbane guys adapted to the rule. They exacerbated the movement then lay prone until the whistle and then bounced up. Daniher and McCluggage were two. Zorko was also trying to con the umpires several times.
I half expect Nank to be cited and offered a week.
I half expect Nank to be cited and offered a week.
You watch players start to pretend they've hit their heads on the ground in tackles.
So basically if a players head touches a blade of grass during a tackle, it’s deemed “dangerous”?
Yeah. Waiting for old man fagan say “ joe was embarrassed by that. We will have a chat about that”. You know, like last week and the time before that and the time before that………..
I noticed a few of our players uncharacteristically and understandably were trying to con the maggots as well but conveniently they didn't buy it. Funny how that happens.
Sounds more like WWE, the AFL is quickly becoming a coriographed league
The game is being ruined by on the run decisions at AFL house. Each week the interpretation of rules changes. For such a professional sport it’s embarrassing.
