Hurn high hit on Honeychurch

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

Really? Must have got him in a sweet spot, didn't look THAT hard

It was like headbutting an armadillo

 

[Forward Press]

It's ridiculous that a stationary player may get cited. No bumping action at all.

Should get looked at and thrown out on Monday and if not I will buy a one way ticket to Melbourne and burn down AFL House.

 

[Didstar]

Turned to the side, but to my eyes it looked like he moved his bodyweight to the backfoot before contact to lessen the impact. Unfortunate contact from a player leading with the head, but not sure what Hurn could have done differently in the circumstance other than not being there. Had to protect himself and tried to reduce damage to the oncoming player. Would be very stiff to cop a ban for something that wasn't malicious. Accidental contact happens in the game, and will continue to and we can't place the blame on a player for every concussion incident.

 

[Freoforever86]

Surprise surprise from a Freo supporter no less. I wonder what you would be saying if it was a Freo player?

Haha geez you have your defenses up. settle down princess.

My point was that I have no faith in the AFL MRP & he will get a week or whatever it is. Then the eagles will argue and get it off.
Climb on down from that high horse now

 

[Freoforever86]

There are too many Dogs players who lead with their head. Hunter, Macrae and Mclean did it multiple times throughout the game. Eventually and unfortunately an event similar to this was likely to happen. Get the kids coming through juniors now to look at what not to do going in a contest if any of you folks coach the 12-16 bracket.

Who do you think they learned off though? Shuey Selwoods Thomas etc etc

 

[quotemokc]

Reminds of this but not as bad, don't lead with your head folks.

 

[wal]

Can't be a week

it's 3 weeks or nothing

Careless, High and High is two weeks.

 

[Admiral Byng]

Should be nothing. Once collision is inevitable Hurn stops his forward movement and braces for impact.

What that flip-flopping circus we call the MRP process will actually dish out tomorrow afternoon is anybody's guess.

 

[Plat]

He should have leapfrogged Honeychurch and have the AFL media question his character and toughness all week.

 

[Unique Name]

Can't be a week

it's 3 weeks or nothing

3 weeks! How da *!

Just posted about it on the Freo board and wanted to see what was being said.

He went past the ball and collided with the Bullies player. It wasn't a hit/bump. Zero intent to harm. If Christian says anything about 3 weeks then we all need to strike until he gets the arse.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Thinking through it further, Hurn should have understood Honeychurch was smaller than him and used mad Mortal Kombat skills to teleport to the other side of him and lay a tackle, but not a heavy tackle.

4 weeks

* finish him next time

 

[The Falcon Strike]

3 weeks! How da ****!

Just posted about it on the Freo board and wanted to see what was being said.

He went past the ball and collided with the Bullies player. It wasn't a hit/bump. Zero intent to harm. If Christian says anything about 3 weeks then we all need to strike until he gets the arse.

First thing that is assessed is whether he acted reasonably or not.

If he has - then it is 0 weeks and no case to answer.

If he is deemed to be careless (ignoring intentional here) - then it will be careless, high contact (hit his head) and either high impact or likely severe impact if the purported injuries are true (not to mention stretchered off and taken to hospital)

That's either No weeks - or a likely 3 weeks. Not a great deal of room in between, possibly only an option of 2 weeks if the impact gets downgraded.

Common sense says a stationary bloke can't do much more than stand still - hell he moved his weight and was half a sec from jumping backwards. But faith in the MRO is pretty low.

 

[garlic munchers]

Careless, High and High is two weeks.

Totally agree, could have been avoided but just enough doubt to leave him short of intentional.

So say careless action that initiated high contact with severe impact.

I’d say 3 weeks for honey.

 

[Unique Name]

First thing that is assessed is whether he acted reasonably or not.

If he has - then it is 0 weeks and no case to answer.

If he is deemed to be careless (ignoring intentional here) - then it will be careless, high contact (hit his head) and either high impact or likely severe impact if the purported injuries are true (not to mention stretchered off and taken to hospital)

That's either No weeks - or a likely 3 weeks. Not a great deal of room in between, possibly only an option of 2 weeks if the impact gets downgraded.

Common sense says a stationary bloke can't do much more than stand still - hell he moved his weight and was half a sec from jumping backwards. But faith in the MRO is pretty low.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Hurn shoud of ran the opposite direction of the ball so nobody got hurt

Dont think there was anything in it, Hurn turned to protect himself, not to crunch Honeychurch.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Absolutely nothing in it. Hopefully Honeychurch is OK.

 

[Cobbler]

Generally you get a feel for things based on reactions of the players. No Bulldogs player remonstrated initially. Then again no one went over to the bloke as he lay there motionless.

It was only after, did a couple come in for some token shoving.

So there’s only 2 outcomes here.

1) Nothing to answer.
2) 3 weeks and Dogs players are s**t mates.

 

[pjcrows]

If that's a "bump" then I give up.

 

[MadCatter666]

Hurn took a step forward and turned his body in the bumping motion. He seemed to do both of these to protect himself though - step forward to plant his leg and not be off balance and turned body so he wouldn't be headbutted in the abs/chest area.

I think Christian hates WC so wont be surprised if it's cited

He'll probably get suspended for this but how else can you brace for impact other than turning side on and 'bump' when a player runs into you. You can't grab them so you're only other option is to move out of the way. I don't think he should be suspended but with the current laws of the game, he could easily be suspended.

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

It's ridiculous that a stationary player may get cited. No bumping action at all.

Should get looked at and thrown out on Monday and if not I will buy a one way ticket to Melbourne and burn down AFL House.

Get in line mate

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

Generally you get a feel for things based on reactions of the players. No Bulldogs player remonstrated initially. Then again no one went over to the bloke as he lay there motionless.

It was only after, did a couple come in for some token shoving.

So there’s only 2 outcomes here.

1) Nothing to answer.
2) 3 weeks and Dogs players are s**t mates.

 

[Andrew Mc]

Nothing in it, should be zero.

 

[Cobbler]

Not sure why you used this in your reply?
Wasn’t this in reference to that dog Masten for biting Suban?

 

[Righteo]

Surprise surprise from a Freo supporter no less. I wonder what you would be saying if it was a Freo player?

I like how you skimmed over four Freo fans who said he'd probably be fine before that post. Don't turn this into a petty shitfight mate

Hurn will get off, couldn't really have avoided it. Hopefully Honeychurch can make it back later in the year.

 

[Righteo]

This is like 2 or 3 years after Boomer Harvey testified that Ryan Crowley pinched him ~300 times yeah? Not that the "players code" was ever a real thing though, strange post.