Christian is MRO in name only. Every decision he makes is either approved or altered by Brad Scott. So effectively Brad Scott makes all MRO decisions.
MRP / Trib. Tom Stewart - Result 4 week match suspension
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Christian is MRO in name only. Every decision he makes is either approved or altered by Brad Scott. So effectively Brad Scott makes all MRO decisions.
It's 2022 mate, not 1972, when they only had one umpire and one camera. The days of square ups are over, won't happen.
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You gonna go to Tom's house and give him the old left-right-goodnight are ya?
Would explain why we have screwed so badly this year.
Given it's contact with the head and the issues we've seen with concussion, I don't mind them having a low threshold of what they deem severe impact (i.e. grading the Stewart impact and anything with more force 'severe').
Grading it severe impact means it gets referred to the tribunal where they can make the distinction.
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Yep. 'I intended to bump and make contact. I did not intend to get him in the head'. Laughable defence ro classify it careless.
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4, easily. 5/6 would not be too much either. Nasty nasty nasty and not wanted in our game
All the best to Prestia.
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He was messed up bad
That is so f***ed up
1/ Good. I hope both you lot snot each other silly at the pointy end. It's two less clubs to worry about
2/ But seriously, this isn't a biker war, just a hard, late and punishable hit in a football game
3/ Extra seriously... awesome melt. Made me smile
He intentionally bumped.
He admitted that.
No one in the history of intentional gradings would ever say they intended to hurt their opponent....
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Was Gaff on Brayshaw the last 4 plus weeker suspension?
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yeh, maybe on field
kebabgate was a 10 weeker.
And Toby Greene 5 for Matt Stevic.
This got 4 weeks too.
Scott Lycett handed four-week suspension
Scott Lycett has been give a four-week suspension by the AFL Tribunal for his tackle on Ned McHenry.
Agree and this is what shits me about the AFL, a tackle even if poorly executed is at least a defensive play at the ball, either to win the ball back, or force an error or halve the contest for your team. You are only making that action because the player you are tackling has the ball as your focus.
A bump running past the ball when the ball is never the focus is purely a play on the man. The ball is gone, it's intended to hit the opposition.
It's worth more than any tackle if the AFL applied common sense.
Yep I think that’s spot on
Probably the most rational, truest thing posted on this thread.
Some people got a crush on old Brad.
It would have happened during the game at least. There was not one remonstration, at any time. Supporters shouldn't project their feelings on the players.
He also never once looked at the footy.
The problem I have with this, is this was such a low % option for Stewart, he knew Prestia was going to be in probably the most vulnerable position you can be on the field, coming down from a jump with no ability to brace for contact, even if he didn't hit the head, the chance to cause serious injury was high, whether that be broken ribs or as we all saw last year, hit in the right place you can lacerate a kidney (btw not saying there was any fault on Mitch Robinson with the collision with Dusty just showing the opportunity to cause a serious injury was high).
It was a dumb hit and should be dealt with as such. Its almost as sickening hearing the love in for Tom Stewart since the incident as it was seeing Dion prone on the footy field. I'm sure Tom is a wonderful bloke off the field, so is Tom Lynch by all accounts but white line fever hits every player at times. All this talk about Poor Tom Stewarts hurt feelings will probably swing towards his mental health at some point (as the AFL community seems to swing that way with everything these days, denigrating actual mental health issues by doing that) yet ignoring the physical health impacts that Dion may have from this hit.
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The grading reflects the fact people are in shock as to the perpetrator
Does anyone think this is "in character" for Tom Stewart?
Not at all, but the reality is - the act was a poor one, it was deliberate and should be punished as so.
I genuinely can't remember a bump that late in ages.
Does anyone think this is "in character" for Tom Stewart?
Not at all, but the reality is - the act was a poor one, it was deliberate and should be punished as so.
I genuinely can't remember a bump that late in ages.
Yes he intentionally bumped Prestia. A bump is a legal action. Due to the careless nature in which he executed that intentional bump, he got Prestia high with a severe impact.
Hence the classification that he got. The fact that he intentionally laid a bump, does not make it intentional rough conduct.
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Hopefully the umps join him on the sidelines for not stopping the game.
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