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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: froars on June 30, 2012, 05:43:12 PM
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Can't remember who did it, but how many weeks?
Knowing the AFL it won't even get cited
And Adelaide dobbed in Kingy last year, we could do the same thing - but I hope we wouldn't do such a low act as dobbing players in. So hope the AFL just does its job.
He deserved 10 weeks for it I reckon
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Disgusting....and it ended up as a free, couldn't bloody believe it?
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Disgusting....and it ended up as a free, couldn't bloody believe it?
Shocking decision and the 'wrongness' of it will play out at the MRP this week. Bet Gieschen doesn't allow it on his segment this week!
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The ump in charge there should get weeks as well for not reporting it, one, and then paying the free.
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Holding the ball was the correct decision against Morris, the spear tackle was after so not sure if it should be reversed.
That block head Walker should get weeks for that.
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I realise he held the ball, but it should have been overturned
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Holding the ball was the correct decision against Morris, the spear tackle was after so not sure if it should be reversed.
That block head Walker should get weeks for that.
Should always be reversed in that situation - same as getting a free reversed for not throwing the ball back, running over the mark, striking, back chatting etc etc. Bloody dangerous and should never be tolerated at any point.
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This one and the free or mark to Jack, fffffaaaarrrrrkkkkk me
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The decision was incorrect, was holding the ball but if you tackle incorrectly its not holding the ball, same as if you run someone down but ride their back into the ground or tackle high or sling the tackle.
Had no difference to result as Walker missed the goal anyway.
Walker will get a week, put your house on it. Was very very very lucky Morris wasn't injured, if Morris was concussed Walker would have been given a month off.
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Bloody disgraceful decision, how can a spear tackle be overlooked....MRP will bring it up for sure, like edwards dumped by milburn years ago, paid fee against him with the bloody opponent later found guilty by tribunal...go figure ::)
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Walker who spear tackled Morris shouldn't even have played because of his offence last week that was miraculously thrown out.
He could have paralysed Morris.
5 weeks off is what he should get. Will prob get 2.
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Holding the ball was the correct decision against Morris, the spear tackle was after so not sure if it should be reversed.
That block head Walker should get weeks for that.
Up until the time Walker used Morriss' head as mining drill it was holding the ball but at that point the umpire has blown his wistle. As soon as Walker used Steve's to dig for oil then it became a dangerous tackle and should have been a free to the tigers.
Worst decision of season 2012 so far by along way
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He was so lucky he wasn't paralysed
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Dog act
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Holding the ball was the correct decision against Morris, the spear tackle was after so not sure if it should be reversed.
That block head Walker should get weeks for that.
Yes its too late for that though, he should have been cited for his actions last week..... but of course no.... ::)
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In the radio commentary during the game they also mentioned Douglas could be in trouble for front on contact while a Tiger (can't remember who) had his head over the ball?
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In the radio commentary during the game they also mentioned Douglas could be in trouble for front on contact while a Tiger (can't remember who) had his head over the ball?
Maybe the contact to Rance on the boundary near the interchange gates? Looked bad
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In the radio commentary during the game they also mentioned Douglas could be in trouble for front on contact while a Tiger (can't remember who) had his head over the ball?
Maybe the contact to Rance on the boundary near the interchange gates? Looked bad
Nah not too much in that incident.
Walker should get a couple though
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Brenton Sanderson says it was a 'fantastic' tackle and if wingnut Walker gets suspended there is something wrong with the game..... :help
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Brenton Sanderson says it was a 'fantastic' tackle and if wingnut Walker gets suspended there is something wrong with the game..... :help
Wonder if Brenton would think that if Dangerfield or Thompson's head up in the turf while their legs were facing the sky
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ADELAIDE coach Brenton Sanderson has suggested it would be a blight on the game if forward Taylor Walker was suspended for his sling tackle on Richmond's Steven Morris.
Walker was awarded a free kick for the tackle, despite replays showing the former West Adelaide player was dumped on his head.
Morris escaped injury and jumped straight up to remonstrate with Walker; the ground softened by weeks of rain.
"I think we will wait and see what happens but just live, I thought [it was a] fantastic tackle," Sanderson said.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/139984/default.aspx
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Just seen it on the halftime report & thats worth 8 weeks l reckon.
Liked Morris reaction but l would have smacked that prick senceless ;D
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In the radio commentary during the game they also mentioned Douglas could be in trouble for front on contact while a Tiger (can't remember who) had his head over the ball?
Maybe the contact to Rance on the boundary near the interchange gates? Looked bad
That's the one WP. I didn't see it but the commentators at the time thought Douglas might be in trouble.
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Just seen it on the halftime report & thats worth 8 weeks l reckon.
Liked Morris reaction but l would have smacked that prick senceless ;D
I saw it too. It would be weeks in the NRL let alone in the AFL. Sanderson living in fairyland if he thought it was a fair tackle. Of course this is coming from a club that dobbed us (Kingy) in last year and then tried to pretend they didn't before being caught out ::).
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will get 3 weeks for that early plea
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Just seen it on the halftime report & thats worth 8 weeks l reckon.
Liked Morris reaction but l would have smacked that prick senceless ;D
I agree monky.
I can't beleive someone wasn't decked. Worst melee in history not even a proper shirt punch. :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead
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ADELAIDE coach Brenton Sanderson has suggested it would be a blight on the game if forward Taylor Walker was suspended for his sling tackle on Richmond's Steven Morris.
Walker was awarded a free kick for the tackle, despite replays showing the former West Adelaide player was dumped on his head.
Morris escaped injury and jumped straight up to remonstrate with Walker; the ground softened by weeks of rain.
"I think we will wait and see what happens but just live, I thought [it was a] fantastic tackle," Sanderson said.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/139984/default.aspx
Oh yeah of course my player is going to get weeks but if we turn this into a debate on the right or wrong we'll then get all and sundry giving their two bobs worth and turning this into a farce and thus Walker getting off. Fast forward to an incident like this hapenning where someone from a minnow club does this and I bet the AFL need to follow and address community standards on the way the game should be played because the head and neck are sacrasanct and we are not in the business of injuring players. Skata bourthes matzoonia. ::)
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The decision was incorrect, was holding the ball but if you tackle incorrectly its not holding the ball, same as if you run someone down but ride their back into the ground or tackle high or sling the tackle.
Had no difference to result as Walker missed the goal anyway.
Walker will get a week, put your house on it. Was very very very lucky Morris wasn't injured, if Morris was concussed Walker would have been given a month off.
Otten got up and played last year and magically had concussion later. Maybe we can put a concussion report in for Morris. :shh
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This one and the free or mark to Jack, fffffaaaarrrrrkkkkk me
Yeah, I couldn't believe those two decisions. Horrible. I feel like there were a few more really bad calls as well, but it was midnight here when i was watching the game so I don't remember everything.
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I was praying to budda ala and Geez morris would break his face.
A 12 week ban would have been fine. Worth it.
Weak as urine by the 17 others blokes not to fly the flag.
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Walker should get 10 to 12 weeks. AFL needs to send a strong message that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated.
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The Umpire who gave the decision holding the ball should be sacked.
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The Umpire who gave the decision holding the ball should be sacked.
x 2.
Was it the same idiot who didn't pay Jack's free/mark?
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Weak as urine by the 17 others blokes not to fly the flag.
Good to see Captain leading the way ::)
Weak as pi55
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given the AFL perchant for not wanting to admit to any mistakes, they may well let him off as to do otherwise would admit the ump made a mistake.
I think it was walker who also threw his boot into a pack in the first quarter.
the high front on bump on rance is is exactly the sort of thing that has seen players get weeks all year, but it doesnt help us to have players get rubbed out after they play us. Walker i do want to see go,though, just because of the inherent danger in what he did
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If i was Brendan gale, Dimma and Morris i would mention this single tackle as a blight on the game in every internview in the next 24 hours.
After what those idiots did to us last year by dobbing like babies we should do exactly the same.
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have watched that spear tackle sevral times now and it was awful..throw the book at walker
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The Umpire who gave the decision holding the ball should be sacked.
x 2.
Was it the same idiot who didn't pay Jack's free/mark?
X3
What umpire was if?
Sevic?
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Guilty as charged 5 weeks.
That's being conservative.
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We need to hope he only gets done for 3 max so he can play against the Cats.
Better for our finals hopes.
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Those crazy NRL nutters are right onto those tackles and they let a lot of brutal poo slide. That one is a text book, prize winning holiday for 1 on the pine. If they stuff with this, we will know absolutely without a doubt what a bunch of stuffing corrupt, twisted pricks they really are up in their ivory tower over at AFL, NFI central.
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Adelaide nuffers on dumbfooty reckon Walker didn't do anything wrong and Morris kicked his legs ::)
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Adelaide nuffers on dumbfooty reckon Walker didn't do anything wrong and Morris kicked his legs ::)
Are those the same guys that rip out 21 year old passion pop for their kids 21st?
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Crow to face music
Sam Lienert and Matt Murnane
The Age
July 2, 2012
A PREVIOUS sling-tackle suspension this season could come back to haunt Adelaide's Taylor Walker as the AFL match review panel assesses a similar incident involving the Crows' rising star, who sits third in this year's Coleman Medal race.
Walker faces a potential ban for Saturday night's showdown against Port Adelaide after dumping the head of Richmond's Steven Morris into the AAMI Stadium turf in a tackle on Saturday.
The Crows forward, who kicked five goals against the Tigers to move his season tally to 37, was banned for two matches after a similar tackle on Geelong defender Harry Taylor in round seven.
While Taylor was concussed in that incident, Morris was seemingly unhurt by the tackle on Saturday, which may work in Walker's favour.
But the two-match ban for the round-seven incident means Walker faces a 20 per cent penalty loading, plus carryover demerit points.
That means that even the lowest level rough conduct charge would carry a one-match suspension, even with a reduction for an early guilty plea.
If Walker was found to have acted recklessly rather than negligently, he would face at least a two-match ban.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/crow-to-face-music-20120701-21aza.html#ixzz1zOmEBUaM
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St Kilda's Brendon Goddard stung two weeks by the match review panel
by: Sam Landsberger From: Herald Sun July 02, 2012 4:01PM
THE match review panel has come out swinging, slugging Taylor Walker, Brendon Goddard, Stewart Crameri and Brent Guerra with heavy penalties.
Goddard was stung two matches for the strike that floored North Melbourne's Sam Wright, while Walker must serve three weeks for his dangerous lift-and-spear tackle applied to Richmond defender Steven Morris.
Morris, clearly angered by the action, remonstrated with Walker but the star Adelaide forward was incorrectly awarded a free kick for holding the ball and shot at goal.
Walker will miss Saturday night's showdown as well as the crucial Round 17 clash with West Coast if he accepts the ban.
Full article:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/st-kildas-brendon-goddard-stung-two-weeks-by-the-match-review-panel/story-e6frf9jf-1226414802752
NB: it is 3 games with an early plea - well done MRP finally got one right
And Dan Jackson's been hit with 2 weeks (see new thread)
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Should have got more especially because got a recent prior but glad the panel viewed it seriously. A complaint should made to JG regarding that disgraceful umpiring decision
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Geischen=failure as a man
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more like a failure as a human
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Was just reading the dobber's board on dumbfooty. Apparently Porplyza was on Adelaide radio this morning and they might look at appealing the decision. I hope they do, because he'll cop all 4 weeks.
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Dobbers as well as sooks :yep. It was a clear spear tackle and deserved 3 weeks at least.
Btw may we have our free kick back please!
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Think of the time had retelling the tale of that glorious spear tackle at Sizzler's all across South Australia on Saturday night
The salad bars would have been going off
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Was just reading the dobber's board on dumbfooty. Apparently Porplyza was on Adelaide radio this morning and they might look at appealing the decision. I hope they do, because he'll cop all 4 weeks.
I dont think theyre that thick, then again :lol
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Was just reading the dobber's board on dumbfooty. Apparently Porplyza was on Adelaide radio this morning and they might look at appealing the decision. I hope they do, because he'll cop all 4 weeks.
I dont think theyre that thick, then again :lol
This is the club that is so parochial that it once sacked all their Victorian-based staff because they didn't live in South Australia :wallywink.
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Rules unclear: van Berlo
By Harry Thring
5:28 PM Mon 02 Jul, 2012
ADELAIDE skipper Nathan van Berlo has questioned whether players and umpires sit on the same page after teammate Taylor Walker's three-game suspension.
The in-form Walker was offered a three-game sanction with an early guilty plea on Tuesday for a reckless tackle on Richmond's Steven Morris.
Morris was dumped on his head in the tackle but Walker won a free kick from umpire Shane McInerney, who penalised Morris for holding the ball.
Van Berlo said the incident highlighted the uncertainty of the rules and interpretation.
"The weekend is the perfect example of players and maybe even umpires not too sure on where the line is," van Berlo said.
"He (Walker) gets awarded a free kick and gets a shot at goal for what seemed to be a fairly aggressive tackle, but one that was deemed at the time to be within the rules.
"I daresay the AFL's going to keep looking at ways to try and make the rule there clearer but, at the moment, players just have to be aware that tackles are going to be heavily scrutinised."
Walker has long been urged to change his tackling technique, with his tendency to 'dump' players into the turf catching him out on several occasions in the past few seasons.
He was suspended for two games for a tackle on Geelong's Harry Taylor in round 12 and was suspended for a game in the SANFL last season for another sling tackle.
However, Walker's captain said in the high-octane environment of a match, instinct takes over.
"You go out there in an aggressive frame of mind, every player does, to make sure they hit the contest hard," van Berlo said.
"They tackle aggressively and, I guess, when you get someone gripped in a tackle your natural instinct is to wrap them up and make the tackle stick.
"Probably Taylor doesn't realise how strong he is sometimes."
Meanwhile, former Crows captain Chris McDermott took to Twitter to urge his former club to appeal the match review panel's verdict.
Chris McDermott @ChrisSMcDermott
"Appeal! Appeal! Appeal @Adelaide_FC what a shambles this game has become. If Taylor gets 3 how many does the umpire get?
2 Jul 12"
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/140211/default.aspx
Only in Adelaide :wallywink
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uncertainty about interpetation?
is this stupidity due to a small gene pool in SA?
it's pretty simple really, if you lift someone off the ground and smash them head first into the ground, it's dangerous and illegal.
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perhaps they should practice this type of tackle on each other at training to gain a better understanding of how dangerous it is.
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Robbo getting stuck into Taylor for the tackle on 360.
Stephen Rowe 5AA thinks Taylor should of only got a week(360 is playing his clip from the radio).
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All those snippets of radio calls 360 just played it's clear how plain as day the dangerous tackle was. If Morris punched Walker and broke his jaw and copped the season I wouldn't have batted an eyelid. The more I see the tackle the more dog it looks.
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Crows fans livid, RFC provided medical report saying Morris has a sore neck and needs scans
Total square-up for the King incident :thumbsup
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:lol
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/tex-vs-mrp-tribunal.958287/page-21
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Yeah it's a ripper lol. :lol :lol :rollin
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Hahaha love it Gerks
I love the payback
Karma bunnies. stuff em
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Nice holiday for walker
Can imagine him getting around the streets of adelaide in his xf falcon in his wife beater and moocies.
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wow just wow at south aussies
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Got FoxFooty still on in the background while I be a nerd and play some video games, and 360 has come on again and they're up to this topic again. ROFL'ing at the SA callers saying it's a Victorian AFL conspiracy to stop interstate teams winning a flag :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol :lol
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Crows to review Richmond medical report before making call on Taylor Walker's ban
Michelangelo Rucci
From: AdelaideNow
July 02, 2012 7:46PM
ADELAIDE will decide Tuesday morning whether to challenge key forward Taylor Walker's four-game ban by questioning Richmond's medical report.
AFL match review panel chairman Mark Fraser says his group upgraded its report of Walker's sling tackle from "low" to "medium" impact on Richmond defender Steven Morris after reading the Tigers' medical report.
Fraser tonight described Walker's "initial tackle was fine".
"But Walker then lifts Morris in the air and that becomes the potential for a dangerous tackle," said Fraser.
"Taylor then continues in a dangerous fashion and dumps Morris to the ground head-first.
"We regard that conduct as reckless.
"There is high contact.
"And the medical report (from Richmond on Morris' condition) made us increase the loading."
Fraser said while Morris jumped up to remonstrate with Walker, the Tiger medicos' report shows that the defender did suffer from the tackle.
Adelaide football operations chief Phil Harper said the Crows tribunal counsel in Melbourne was tonight reviewing the report.
"We will make a decision (on accepting the penalty or a tribunal challenge) in the morning," said Harper.
The AFL also ruled field umpire Shane McInerney's decision to reward Walker with a free kick during the tackle was wrong.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/crows-to-review-richmond-medical-report-before-making-call-on-taylor-walkers-ban/story-e6frf9jf-1226415005612
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Did he cop a 3 game ban or 4?
If they challenge it he will get 5 lol :lol
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Lol that our medical report got him extra weeks. :gotigers
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This whole concept that the penalty relates to damage or injury caused is totally stuffed.
What walker did can break someones neck and that in itself should bring a hefty penalty, regardless of injury actually caused.
They need to send amessage that this sort of thing is not acceptable, not that it is sort of acceptable, depending on the extent of injury it causes
These buffoons are butt clowns of the highest order
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I agree Al. Just because someone was lucky enough not to get injured this time should not dictate or have any impact on the penalty. The whole idea of a penalty is to deter the player (and others) from doing the same thing in the future and thus prevent any chance of serious injury ever happening. They should be penalised on the potential for maximum harm, not the actual damage caused.
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Did he cop a 3 game ban or 4?
If they challenge it he will get 5 lol :lol
He can take 3 games with an early plea
If they challenge and he loses it becomes 4
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Did he cop a 3 game ban or 4?
If they challenge it he will get 5 lol :lol
He can take 3 games with an early plea
If they challenge and he loses it becomes 4
Hope they don't challenge it.. I still have hopes of Geelong missing the 8 and if they are to miss then the Crows will need Walker to beat them at Kardinia in 4 weeks.
It's all about what's best for the RFC.
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Tiger's pain
By Paul Daffey
Tue 03 Jul, 2012
RICHMOND defender Steven Morris has revealed the extent of his injuries after Adelaide key forward Taylor Walker spear-tackled him during the last quarter of the Crows' victory at AAMI Stadium at the weekend.
Speaking at the announcement of his contract extension, Morris said he suffered neck stiffness and pain down the right hand side of his body after the tackle that dumped him on his shoulder.
"Taylor came up to me after the game and asked if I was OK and I appreciate that and life goes on," Morris said.
Morris had scans on Monday that cleared him of structural damage.
He hopes to train on Thursday to be given the all-clear for Richmond's match against Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday.
Morris went into the game against Adelaide coming off a shoulder injury that had forced him out of the Tigers' previous match, against Greater Western Sydney in round 12.
"I got through the game and hopefully the worst of that's gone by," Morris said.
Richmond's medical report on Morris prompted the Match Review Panel to rate Walker's conduct as reckless with medium impact.
Walker was offered a three-match sanction, which he accepted.
Walker was also suspended for two matches after round seven for a sling tackle on Geelong defender Harry Taylor. The 22-year-old was reprimanded after round five for making front-on contact to Port Adelaide defender Jacob Surjan.
"I was surprised I didn’t get the free kick at the time, but we all make mistakes and I'm looking forward to next week now," Morris said of the Walker spear-tackle.
Walker was paid a free kick for holding the ball.
Morris, 23, who was recruited from West Adelaide before this season, said he was excited by the extension of his contract by 12 months, taking him through to the end of 2014.
He said he's worked mainly on improving his composure since making his debut against Carlton in round one.
"Hopefully I can continue to improve," he said.
Morris - the son of dual Richmond premiership player Kevin Morris - is averaging 15 disposals per game this year.
Morris was speaking after a coaching clinic for schoolchildren at the Sir Henry Olney Oval in Yarra Bend.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/140258/default.aspx
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Bit hypocritical of Adelaide when they supplied medical reports which resulted in Jackson's 2 weeks suspension.
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'Something wasn't right'
By Mark Conway
9:24 PM Tue 03 Jul, 2012
THE UMPIRE who awarded Taylor Walker a free kick despite a reckless tackle that led to his three-game ban, discussed his possible mistake with his fellow umpires on game day.
Umpire Shane McInerney, who penalised Tiger Steven Morris for holding the ball in the incident despite him landing heavily on his head, admits he got the decision wrong and was out of position when making the call.
The issue was immediately raised after the final quarter within the umpiring group, who then lodged a notice of investigation with the Match Review Panel that led to Walker's sanction.
"Any incident that happens we'll have a talk about at the next break among the group and we felt after the game that there were enough cues that said something wasn't right about that tackle," McInerney told AFL.com.au's program It's Your Call.
"We can only pay what we see. The tackle does move quickly, one moment you're in good position and the next minute you're not.
"What we see from the cameras is that it is clearly a free kick and if we were to see that on the day we would pay it as such."
McInerney expanded on the indicators umpires rely on when making decisions.
"There are cues we can use. In this instance, Morris' legs do go above the horizontal [but] he does get straight back up and it is interesting to note when the Tigers' players came in to remonstrate they don't remonstrate with Walker, they remonstrate with the other Adelaide players."
Morris suffered neck stiffness and pain down one side of his body following the tackle but had scans on Monday that cleared him of structural damage.
McInerney, a 19-year veteran of the profession, said the biggest change in his career has been the increase in the "degree of accountability" for umpires.
"When I first started half the games we're covered by TV, now every game is covered and even on game day we have grounds with electronic scoreboards where they can show replays," McInerney said.
Watch McInerney and umpires boss Jeff Gieschen discuss more contentious decisions from round 14 including whether umpires were given specific instruction to focus on players throwing the ball after last week's furore.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/140348/default.aspx
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Crows coach Brenton Sanderson admits Taylor Walker's spear tackle could have been dangerous
Mark Stevens
From: Herald Sun
July 04, 2012
ADELAIDE coach Brenton Sanderson conceded Taylor Walker's controversial spear tackle on Richmond's Steven Morris could have been dangerous.
After Saturday's match, Sanderson described the tackle as "fantastic".
"Later, once we'd seen the replays, it was pretty clear it could have been dangerous," Sanderson said.
"When I was asked about Taylor's tackle straight after the game, I had only seen it live. He had won a free kick and a shot on goal and Morris jumped straight up."
Significantly, Sanderson stopped short of pointing the finger at Walker, who will miss the next three matches after the Crows accepted a ban offered by the match review panel.
"I'm not going to criticise Taylor. We want him and all our players to be aggressive," Sanderson said. "But we will continue to work on tackling technique."
A medical report provided by Richmond played a key role in the panel determining the impact suffered by Morris was "medium".
Morris had neck soreness, but yesterday said he appreciated Walker approaching him after the game and checking on his welfare.
"Life goes on," Morris said.
There is no suggestion the Tigers spiced up the medical report, but they were not in the mood to do the Crows any favours either after the events of late last season.
Football clubs have long memories and bad blood remains after the Crows were seen to have "dobbed" on Jake King after Round 23 last year.
King copped a two-match ban for a sling tackle on Andy Otten after slipping through the match review panel net.
The panel looked at the incident only after the Crows alerted them to it after the panel findings were released on the Monday.
Adelaide was forced to release a statement as the furore broke.
"The incident was mentioned in a discussion with an AFL official ... but it was certainly not our intention for any investigation to occur," Crows football operations manager Phil Harper said.
"In fact, we thought it was too late for that."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/crows-coach-brenton-sanderson-admits-taylor-walkers-spear-tackle-could-have-been-dangerous/story-e6frf9jf-1226416110666
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Tiger keeps thoughts on tackle in-school
Martin Blake
July 4, 2012
STEVE Morris would have seen himself on television more in the past few days than in the rest of his life. That's the rub if you are a professional footballer (finally), and you are involved in the incident of the week, in this case the Taylor Walker spear tackle in Adelaide last Saturday afternoon.
Morris, Richmond's tough first-year defender, was surprised he did not receive a free kick for Walker's jarring tackle that sent him head-first into the AAMI Park turf early in the final quarter. In fact, he was pinged for holding the ball, a decision the AFL has admitted was incorrect.
In any case, Morris is moving on. ''I'm not going to comment on something like that, but I just was a little bit surprised that I didn't get the free kick at the time,'' he said yesterday. ''But we all make mistakes and you've got to move on to next week now.''
The television footage shows an angry Morris quickly gathering himself to remonstrate with Walker immediately after the tackle. But the ire towards the Crows' forward has subsided. ''You've got a split-second to make your decision and sometimes you don't get it quite right. I understand that. Taylor came up to me after the game and asked if I was OK and I appreciate that. Life goes on. There's certainly no grudge held on my part.''
Morris had neck soreness on Sunday and sought attention from the club doctor. As match review panel chairman Mark Fraser has acknowledged, that medical report from Richmond, and the fact Morris was sent for a CT scan, hurt Walker's case. The MRP upgraded the level of impact to medium; Walker copped a three-match holiday and some time to ponder his method of tackling.
Morris expects to play against Melbourne on Saturday. ''I pulled up a little bit sore. I spoke to the doctor after the game and again on Monday. I went in for some scans yesterday but I've been given the all clear. I'll hopefully train on Thursday, and be right to play on Saturday.''
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tiger-keeps-thoughts-on-tackle-inschool-20120703-21ffy.html#ixzz1zaHreFzm