- Sep 20, 2018
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Surely this is right. Duncan seems to be getting defended by the media but I thought you had to accept the consequences of your actions irrespective of whether it was considered accidental. It was also adjudicated appallingly and the umps deserve to be hauled over the coals for that but probably won’t be because North.
I think it relates solely to the bump. If you deliberately choose to make body on body contact then you bear the consequences of the outcome. For other actions like a smother, it is accepted as a footballing incident. It was similar when Taylor was knocked out with a knee to the head.