NAB Cup Round 1: Swans v Saints v Cats

[liz]

Meh.

Can serve it out in the NAB Cup.
Still eligible for the Brownlow.
Will have less carryover points going into the regular season.

Makes sense to rest him next week anyway, given he got a healthy workout on Friday night.

Not sure about whether it is a suspendable offence, though. I take Des' point that maybe it should be, but has anyone in the AFL ever been suspended for something similar before. Players occasionally get pulled up for "kicking in danger" but I don't recall anyone ever being cited for it.

[Primmy]

I'm applying the Sheldon Cooper rule to Goodsey's cowboy tackle:

. That's One.

[desredandwhite]

Makes sense to rest him next week anyway, given he got a healthy workout on Friday night.

Not sure about whether it is a suspendable offence, though. I take Des' point that maybe it should be, but has anyone in the AFL ever been suspended for something similar before. Players occasionally get pulled up for "kicking in danger" but I don't recall anyone ever being cited for it.

I guess maybe because it doesn't happen often in ARF. In soccer it happens all the time because your only option is to go in with a boot to get the ball. In ARF, the first instinct is to pick it up. Still, in this case I think a suspension is warranted - he slid in feet first - and there's too much risk of damage to feet, ankles, shins etc etc. I would hate to see it continue to happen.

[ShockOfHair]

Good news is Josh Hunt could get two games for the Mumford tackle on Parker.
Sydney's Goodes and Geelong's Hunt cited for rough conduct