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Toby Greene
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Did I hear right in the umpires boss stating that it should have been paid a free?
Then why wasn't it ?
It would be hard for a defender/player in a marking contest with Greene to stop mid air and grab his foot when Toby does this again ( which he will ) . !
Maybe ive read it wrong but has the AFL condone this, the look of this, spirit of the game that they harp on about ?
There is protecting your space fairly and protecting your space by looking first, sizing up and extended the leg out to the opponent.
Its a kicking, deliberate action.
Well done AFL and Christian.
Then why wasn't it ?
It would be hard for a defender/player in a marking contest with Greene to stop mid air and grab his foot when Toby does this again ( which he will ) . !
Maybe ive read it wrong but has the AFL condone this, the look of this, spirit of the game that they harp on about ?
There is protecting your space fairly and protecting your space by looking first, sizing up and extended the leg out to the opponent.
Its a kicking, deliberate action.
Well done AFL and Christian.
It is clearly in the Rulebook as prohibited contact. Worst part is, the umpire can be heard saying he did nothing wrong. This is an umpire chosen for finals as one of the best and he doesn’t know what’s it’s the rulebook! All this talk about the state of the game. We need to fix the poor umpiring first!!Nomorewaiting said:
Player (A) has his eyes on the ball in a marking contest, with a player (B) backing into the contest;
Scenario 1:
Player A puts hand up to "protect his space" and "from being crashed into" from incoming player B. No push,
just stopping player B from crashing into him.
Deemed as ILLEGAL, free against.
Scenario 2:
Player A sticks leg out with studs out to "protect his space" and "from being crashed into" from incoming player B.
Deemed OK/Legal.
Is it any wonder why people are bemused by the AFL. Studs up is almost universally frowned upon and acted on. Yet
here in the AFL, its OK. Unbelievable.
Scenario 1:
Player A puts hand up to "protect his space" and "from being crashed into" from incoming player B. No push,
just stopping player B from crashing into him.
Deemed as ILLEGAL, free against.
Scenario 2:
Player A sticks leg out with studs out to "protect his space" and "from being crashed into" from incoming player B.
Deemed OK/Legal.
Is it any wonder why people are bemused by the AFL. Studs up is almost universally frowned upon and acted on. Yet
here in the AFL, its OK. Unbelievable.
I heard Brad Scott on the radio on Sunday morning and this was raised. Scott said after it had happened a few times he advised/instructed Waite to do it differently ie with a bent leg and no studs out (or something like that)tigerlove said:
tigerlove said:
Hardly a saving grace. Waite and Greene would be joint winners in the sniper award.
tigerlove said:
Probably because Waite attracted more attention for kicking/punching/grabbing blokes' balls ;D
This bloke is that universally despised that is he got a Collingwood player in the face, I wouldn’t be shocked if one of there ferals jumped the fence.Harry said:
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