Both good developments. Punching of any kind is not on. I wonder how they would now call Barry Hall's prelim gut punch from 2005. You'd have to think he would have been gone today.
Also pinning the arms in itself achieves the aim of negating any handball. Absolutely no need to drive them into the ground unprotected. Police it hard, I say. These calls in recent weeks will go a long way towards eliminating that from the game and that has to be a good thing for reducing the concussion incidents which will be a legal millstone for contact sport codes (and potentially individuals) going forward.
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