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Let’s call that the Darcy Rule.

Agreed. If you bump hit head 3-4. Bump and leave the ground with an upward motion, increasing your chance of hitting high should be 5-6. Leaving the ground in a bump needs to be trained out of players. Leaving the ground increase the force of the hit, reduces the control of the bump and...

The moment a player leave the ground with a bump they are in trouble. The bump isn't dead, however if you jump into a player and leave the ground it is dead, that is were Picket problem lies. And given we want to protect heads players need to be taught not to jump into a bump.

You're forgetting the umpire was in the perfect spot for the Clark decision, he chose not to call it HTB, which was correct. A kick is the ball touching the foot, doesn't matter if it's lucky or deliberate. He was in the act of kicking when the tackle hit. If he missed the foot it would have...

The moment it touched the boot it was a kick. Just because it didn't go anywhere meant it was a crap kick that's all. Still a legal disposal. The reward for the tackle was to break the ball loose.

Wasn’t the week prior. There are two reasons it was a HTB. The fact it touched his foot means it’s not holding the ball. Umpire was in the perfect spot to see. Just because it didn’t go a meter is irrelevant. A kick is a kick as soon as it touches the foot. He was also in the act of kick...

Lynch will get a week because it was deliberate. Nasty deserves a week. Crotchin’s was as dangerous a tackle ask you can do. Gone as well.

Richmond will be without Cotchin and Lynch next week.

Terrible decision. Open season to throw an elbow to break a tackle now. Hammling didn't even get a free.

If he kept his feet that would be true, but he doesn't he throws himself at Shiel and that is why he should get done. If you brace you don't launch yourself at your opponent.

Gone. The AFL's hand are tied. They will try the minimum but a fine goes a week anyway. They should give in two and call it a brave call by the panel. My two cents.

Still high. Can't argue not deliberate, he's looking straight at him.

I think he'll get a week. Low impact, but deliberate and high. He can't argue it wasn't deliberate, he was looking straight at him. Time for the AFL to sacrifice a player for a jumper punch.

I'm Freo supporter and we've been on the wrong side of these umpired games more than I'd like to remember. The umpiring for this game was terrible and definitely bias. Funny enough the bulldogs games are more likely to have these types of umpires call. I still fume at the memory of the match...

They will appeal. In the closing statement they called the suspension 'manifestly excessive'. That's one of the grounds for appeal and two weeks for that is over the top, especially if you compare it to all the reports this year.