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What if it were Roughead instead of Dalhaus? It would've been to the chest and play on.
But it wasn't. Just as it doesn't matter that the player you've caught high in a tackle, concussed while shrugging contact or punched in the throat is short rather than tall, it isn't a defence for a boot in the chin.

The onus is on the player to avoid contact to the head, excepted in very limited circumstances where contact is drawn by ducking (nope), dropping the knees (nope) or leading with the head (nope) or incidentally (nope) in a marking contest (nope).
 

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Would love for us to smash Freo like the Swans are doing but all I can see is a 3-4 goal grinding win.
After careful consideration of the evidence and consultation with my attorney Howard Moon, I believe I've come to a profound conclusion. The only plausible explanation for contemporary events is that you, BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!, control Essendon's on-field displays with the power of your mind. Your performance anxiety is directly responsible for their wild inconsistency.
 
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High contact is not against the rules?
A fend off to the face with your hand is high contact. You don't believe the same might apply if using a boot?
No it's not. A player is allowed to protect his space by raising his leg. Just like it is OK to knee someone in the back of the head as hard as you like.

This season Daniher and green have both raised their boots similar to what Greene did and no free was paid.

Umpires clearly got sucked in because it was Greene who did it.

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Call me crazy but I'd rather play Sydney at the SCG than Port at Adelaide Oval in a final. We haven't beaten Sydney up there in a while but they're typically close games.
That's crazy. As long as you lock your car at AO it should be fine.
 

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No it's not. A player is allowed to protect his space by raising his leg. Just like it is OK to knee someone in the back of the head as hard as you like.

This season Daniher and green have both raised their boots similar to what Greene did and no free was paid.

Umpires clearly got sucked in because it was Greene who did it.

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Daniher shouldn't have done it either. Pretty clear the contact was intentional.
 

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No it's not. A player is allowed to protect his space by raising his leg. Just like it is OK to knee someone in the back of the head as hard as you like.

This season Daniher and green have both raised their boots similar to what Greene did and no free was paid.
Only in a marking contest, and even then only when contact is "incidental".
 
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