AFL Rd 17 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS

[Thryleon]

Does the Toby Greene “studs up” rule apply to all players or just Toby?

I think the problem there was the boot ended up in someone's face, not their back.  We had a discussion about it on Saturday watching at a friend's place and we couldn't agree.  Many wanted it to be a free kick because you can't put studs up like that and I said I don't think that's the rule.  Would have been comfortable chalking it off as a free kick but I can't differentiate a knee from a foot in that circumstance. 

That's my problem with the in the back rule for what it's worth.  It's not about hands on the back, it's about unfairly pushing an opponent under the ball drop. 

Probably shouldn't have been paid at the time but thats a problem the umpiring and MRO creates when we focus too hard on outcome driven policy and not enough on action driven policy.