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If the AFL are serious about protecting players from concussion, why not mandate protective headwear eg what andrew brayshaw and caleb daniels wear rather than trying to outlaw tackling and physics and turning our game into a non contact sport.

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What part of will day's tackling action was incorrect and should be taught not to do? (here come a series of stills, which part is the part where his action/technique caused the sling tackle AND is avoidable?) The below is as close to frame by frame as i could get the replay. At which frame...

Which team has so far gotten the most out of the mid season drafts? Adelaide 2021 - Patrick Parnell 2022 - Brett Turner Brisbane 2021 - Kalin Lane Carlton 2019 - Josh Deluca 2021 - Alex Mirkov, Jordan Boyd 2022 - Sam Durdin, Will Hayes Collingwood 2019 - John Noble 2021 - Ash Johnson, Aiden...

Can we stop adding new rules to the game until the umpires are able to consistently apply the ones we already have. If umpiring is so hard, and i believe it is, lets not make things harder on the umps by changing rules and interpretations in the game so often. If the umpiring higher ups need...

The sliding below the knees (as in dont do it) rule was brought in to reduce injury occurences to the legs/knees. Should it also be applied to smothers where someone slides or dives in and takes out the oppositions legs out? Is there not the same risk of injury ? if it shouldnt then what is the...

This is purely hypothetical and not in relation to any incident or any game specifically. The AFL sets rules to try and protect players from dangerous incidents in games eg sliding below the knee, high contact. 1) Do umpires have a duty of care to players to enforce those infringements so as...

Is the current holding the ball/incorrect disposal interpretation in the AFL too lenient in favour of the ball carrier? As spoken about in Al Clarksons post match interview, he pointed out that certain areas of the game are over adjudicated eg marking contests / ruck contests with fairly minor...

This is directly from the Laws of Australian Football pdf on the AFL website and I'm a little surprised it hasn't been picked up earlier. http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AFL/Files/Images/2016%20Laws%20of%20Australian%20Football.pdf Officially there is no rule against making contact...

Did the umpires breach their duty of care to the players today with regards to contact below the knees? A lot of emphasis has been placed on head high contact and the duty of care to players safety. Today there were 3 clear incidents of dogs players making significant contact below the knees of...

I was going to post this earlier in the season but thought maybe just maybe we could sneak another one. Now it is pretty clear, how the season rolled on that our gameplan for the year was not up to scratch. The same was the case in 2009 and it took until 2011 for us to realise it. This year...