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Disagree entirely.
You don’t think players of clubs cherish the wins of a historical foe in front of a sold out MCG than at Ballarat/Launceston against a new franchise in front of 12000 people ?
It would've been a soft DPI tho. When he grabbed the jersey he didn't really impede Jones' momentum, didnt see an obvious r*tarding of his motion. It's like Offensive holding. When you see a player freeing from a block and then the OLman holding, you see the r*tardation of the defenders movement. Egregious, and therefore flag thrown. DPI is pretty similar. They always allow a bit of hand fighting and tussling, as long as a player's movement/direction isn't r*tarded by the grab.
Players post-game hugging and shaking hands, or standing and having a friendly smiling chat with an opposition player they know well from playing together with before, or have a friendship outside football.....that's just post-game sportsmanship. But between opening kick-off and last whistle, all division games every year are full of spite, hard hits, late hits, banter and words, pushing and shoving. Im shocked you would say there hasnt been. So many games every week, even games between non-rivals, there's a moment when two players get under each others skin, all the trash-talking between them, boils over at some point, or there's an incident, a cheap shot, pushing/shoving, and then suddenly rest of the game lifts several gears.
You said a minute ago....concede, ravens/titans is a rivalry ... because ... bad blood and banter.
