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Brownlow Medallist
This is the equivalent of blaming a truck for not braking hard enough when a car has run a red light in front of them.
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You're right. He should get off. It was a flinch reaction.I eagerly await some responses from certain Essendon supporters who were very opinionated on their thoughts towards Brayden Maynard.
Posters on here need to acquaint themselves with the rule changes the AFL made over the summer in response to the Maynard hit. Stuff that has got off in the past is now sanctionable.Maynard rule makes this an open and shut case of multiple weeks - the exact number to be determined - despite all the back and forth we will have to hear from people who can't accept reality.
You can disagree with the Maynard rule, but it exists. He simply won't get let off.
If Maynard got off then Wright gets off. Thats all their really is to is. Unless they admit they made a mistake with the Maynard one
I think this post sums it up.It doesn't matter whether he was contesting for the ball, or bracing for impact, or whatever. I don't think it was his intent to lay Cunnigham out, but he did everything else wrong. He left the ground, he led with his shoulder and elbow, he missed the ball, he made heavy contact to the head and he knocked someone out. The AFL have rightly decided that the "but it's a contact sport, he only had a split second to act, etc." defences are irrelevant here: all those things that Wright did have been clearly defined as big no-nos and that the offending player is culpable irrespective of their intent.
His one saving grace, which makes it a lesser offence than the Webster incident, is that the ball was in the vicinity, but there's no way he gets away with fewer than 4 weeks. The AFL have been pretty blunt that the onus is on the players to avoid engaging in acts that are likely to result in heavy contact with opponents' heads, and they're going to keep handing out heavy suspensions until the players get the message.
Correct. Which in itself is wrong.They did, they changed the rules.
Makes it even worse when Essendon have come out and said they’ll play on the edge.Protect himself from the Hercules that is Cunningham - 20cms and 20 kgs smaller.
Peripheral view... bollocks. Saw him, lined him up and didn't really try to hide it
The Hayward one was from a handball. He needed to jump to contest the ball and I could see why they let him off, but it could have went either way. Did Wright have another option rather than choose to leave the ground and bump? Why not try to stay on your feet and put a fist on the ball? Reckon he is in trouble.Could someone upload video of Will hayward hit in Wardlaw, may 20, 2023. Enough similarities in my opinion. He got off - won't be a similarity.
I'm pretty sure they've come out and said incidents like the Maynard one will be judged differently going forward.If Maynard got off then Wright gets off. Thats all their really is to is. Unless they admit they made a mistake with the Maynard one
Agreed. I don't think there was anything malicious in it and he seemed genuinely upset and apologetic about it toward Cunningham after the game. Hope it's only 2.He'll get his whack, I think it's worth 2, but suspect he gets 3 after visiting the tribunal.
He's not a dirty player at all, he's feeling like dirt about it for sure, good man is Pete.
Of the Hayward incident, the AFL said: "As the ball is in the air, Hayward and Wardlaw both jump from opposite directions to contest and high contact is made by Hayward on Wardlaw. It was the view of the MRO that Hayward's actions were not unreasonable in the circumstances. No further action was taken."
His eyes were on the ball.Protect himself from the Hercules that is Cunningham - 20cms and 20 kgs smaller.
Peripheral view... bollocks. Saw him, lined him up and didn't really try to hide it
This is the equivalent of whatever the shittest analogy I've ever seen is.This is the equivalent of blaming a truck for not braking hard enough when a car has run a red light in front of them.