That article has one positive outcome - it extends this thread.
He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
Did any see the piece of footage of Tippett in the change rooms going through a series if drills just before he came back on after his concussion. Was it just me or did others notice that he seemed to be finding it very hard to put his mouth guard back in. It looked painful for him. Hope that's not a sign of a broken jaw.
Tippett has a fractured jaw. Be afraid, Mummy, be very afraid.
Swans rule out Tippett as Laidler firms as Mills' replacement - AFL.com.au
It was the first concussion that broke the jaw or the sling tackle.
Well who ever hit him - they will be in trouble!!!
I think history suggests you've pretty much got to bring a gun onto the field and shoot someone to get suspended in the final series.
Unfortunately it's probably going to take a player being put into a wheelchair or getting permanent brain damage before anything is done
to outlaw these dangerous sling tackles. There is a whole lot of macho claptrap that it's a tough game, but you know, it's just a game.
I agree about the macho claptrap. The Channel 7 commentary lauding Mumford's tackling (which you hear on the replay of the sling of Tippett) really infuriates me.
Mumford has to be restrained before he permanently incapacitates someone. He boasted during the week that he would "try to clean up a few blokes early" and that's just what he did. A man of his size and strength is perfectly capable of executing a legal wrap-up tackle to the advantage of his team. But he deliberately seeks to hurt the player he tackles. Despicable in my view.
Certainly took a lot of guts to go back out with a broken jaw, to resume a ruck battle with Mumford.
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