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Re: Collingwood to appeal Maxwell case So accidental head clashes are illegal also?

Re: Collingwood to appeal Maxwell case Maxwell executed the bump to the letter of the law. He executed it properly and perfectly. There was nothing more he could have done, save make a deliberate decision to only bump him half has hard. Has the game become so soft that players now have...

Re: Collingwood to appeal Maxwell case This is a terrible ruling for the game. A perfectly delivered hip and shoulder bump combined with an accidental head clash results in 4 weeks. So if you legally bump a bloke and he loses his balance, resulting in him being impaled on a steel MCG fence...

**** me... the game was again ruined by the umpires last night. Some of those decisions were absolutely disgraceful. Seems that any form of contact in marking contests is penalised these days. Not only are they ruining the game as a spectacle, but changing the results of games unfairly. It...

Umpiring of 1 on 1 marking contests this round have been bloody ridiculous. Seems that any sort of physical contact between the two results in a free kick. Watched a few games this weekend and all the umps were doing it. Absolute disgrace and soft free kicks are becoming a blight on the...