06-22-2015, 08:18 AM
(06-22-2015, 08:09 AM)PassIt2Carrots link Wrote:But I really don't see how players are expected to tackle hard but carefully. First the bump and now the tackle. The AFL have to draw a line here. They are far too reactive. This is a physical game there will always be incidental contact and injury. As it was this bloke wasn't even injured.
It's possibly a multi step process, but the first step would be to ban sling tackles. If you've got the guy completely wrapped up like Gibbs did, there's no need to sling him down. I think this game has numerous examples of tackles that were hard, but fair. Now, you can get semantic and substitute the word "far" for "careful". I think the inconsistency from one MRP ruling to the next is causing a lot of issues.