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Title: AFL’s tackle-to-hurt era is over ...... (Herald-Sun)
Post by: one-eyed on February 08, 2016, 09:25:04 PM
AFL’s tackle-to-hurt era is over

SYDNEY premiership coach John Longmire says the brutal tackle-to-hurt era is over. The AFL will this year introduce rules and tribunal guidelines as it tries to stop the crunching sling tackles that can cause concussion.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/john-longmire-says-the-tackletohurt-era-is-over-as-afl-moves-to-eradicate-dangerous-tackles/news-story/455b9851bfbc3c5d14edf7fdf80068f1
Title: Re: AFL’s tackle-to-hurt era is over ...... (Herald-Sun)
Post by: (•))(©™ on February 08, 2016, 09:32:31 PM
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Title: Re: AFL’s tackle-to-hurt era is over ...... (Herald-Sun)
Post by: mightytiges on February 09, 2016, 01:57:25 AM
The problem with theses rules and tribunal guidelines is a lack of consistency from week to week and from incident to incident. The MRP roulette wheel is bad enough as it is. It seems the sling tackle rule will be no different to the bump rule where the duty of care is on the tackler. You'll only get pinged if you cause concussion or injury.
Title: Re: AFL’s tackle-to-hurt era is over ...... (Herald-Sun)
Post by: Stalin on February 09, 2016, 04:23:06 PM
Thank god for netball
Title: Re: AFL’s tackle-to-hurt era is over ...... (Herald-Sun)
Post by: Diocletian on February 09, 2016, 04:38:12 PM
I just assumed the women's league was going to be a new, entirely separate comp.....obviously not....
Title: Re: AFL’s tackle-to-hurt era is over ...... (Herald-Sun)
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on February 09, 2016, 09:44:53 PM
The problem with theses rules and tribunal guidelines is a lack of consistency from week to week and from incident to incident. The MRP roulette wheel is bad enough as it is. It seems the sling tackle rule will be no different to the bump rule where the duty of care is on the tackler. You'll only get pinged if you cause concussion or injury.
It's not a sling tackle or even a trip if your Brownlow favourite (Fyfe) performs the act….. :whistle