Great result. High tackle frees down from 60-odd last week to 30-odd this week and it will instantly disincentivise the blight on the game that collapsing at the first sign of getting tackled is becoming.
If they allowed it to continue every kid who watches Ginnovan get rewarded for drawing high contact will start doing the same thing, and in no time the game would just become a high-tackle free kick fest.
For that reason alone this had to be stopped and then of course there’s the head safety aspect.
Absolute no-brainer of a rule change and has to be continued.
In no time at all Jack and co will stop playing for these frees and might actually get back to playing footy.
If they allowed it to continue every kid who watches Ginnovan get rewarded for drawing high contact will start doing the same thing, and in no time the game would just become a high-tackle free kick fest.
For that reason alone this had to be stopped and then of course there’s the head safety aspect.
Absolute no-brainer of a rule change and has to be continued.
In no time at all Jack and co will stop playing for these frees and might actually get back to playing footy.