Barry Hall got 7, Simpkin gets ....2 - Step back Think AFL

[blured]

No intent to make high contact.

Dawes clearly drops the head (as he was expecting one back in the ribs)

Simpkin aims to give one back around the Webjet logo

Dawes then continues falling back in order to draw a free kick, unsuccessfully.

take this trolling shit to the bay

 

[Falchoon]

take this trolling shit to the bay

I think you meant to quote the OP

 

[Copernicus]

The difference is one bloke connected with a good swing and knocked a bloke senseless, the other was a love tap followed by a dive.

Yep, that was an Oscar winning performance from Dawes. Ballantyne-esque even.

 

[andypie]

http://www.afl.com.au/video/2013-06-22/simpkin-decks-dawes



Compare those. Near on identical incidents as far as I'm concerned. Off the ball clean punches to a guy not looking.

I know Hall's has more force which comes from his size and boxing training and he also had a bad record but otherwise they are almost identical.

Whilst Merrett got 3 for a sling tackle which is just a clumsy tackle, Ziebell got weeks for a smother gone wrong, even Spencer got 3 for really a clumsy bump with no malice. Obviously the head should be protected and I'm happy for those suspensions but they were all part of footy.

Blatant king hits off the ball aren't. At least Gallen in rugby did it to a guy who was looking right at him. What's the point of a step back think campaign if the AFL don't even follow it themselves.

Nothing like each other. Staker knocked out by the force, Dawes had time to stage and throw his head back such was the low impact of the blow. I think the suspension was about right in this case.

 

[vWestCoast]

Hearing Robbo call it a king hit on 360 is laughable. No way was that more than low impact. Dawes took a dive.