Toby was not playing.
Toby was not playing.
Rioli offered a one match ban for his tackle on COR and the same for Vardy for his hit on Thurlow.....
Eagles pair slapped with bans, four players fined - AFL.com.au
Collingwood players wearing black armbands for the passing of ex-President Alan McAllister.
Significant for us because he was President when Collingwood used its influence to keep our club alive in the 90s when we were in danger of being terminated.
Sure, they didn't do it for us - they did it to thwart Carlton who had plans to move into the Sydney market when we "disappeared" - but I thought McAllister's passing was worth a mention here.
There are four categories for classifying impact: low, medium, high, severe.
COR’s head was slammed into the ground, rendering him momentarily unconscious and needing to be helped from the ground in a dazed state, and then being ruled out for the rest of the match with concussion.
That should be classified as high impact in my view - and Rioli should have got two matches not one.
Seems to me that the AFL have gone soft on head-high contact at a time when we are learning more and more about the long-term health risk of concussion injury.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. IIRC, there was plenty of public agreement with this outdated train of thought as well, with talk of Indigenous boys 'going walkabout' during games etc. Lots of stereotyping of a minority group.....so no, not a lot has changed in certain circles.
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