Nathan Broad [merged]

[MintOnLamb]

The AFL has created this mess.
The reason it is an issue is because players are trained to tackle pinning the arms so a “handball” can’t be used by the tackled player.
If you could use your arms to brace against the ground contact it would be much better.
Rugby and league allow leg tackles and ankle taps, both of which give the player a chance to protect themselves with ground impact.

It is a contact sport, I noted several sling tackles this weekend not resulting in injury and nothing was mentioned.

It seems now that you can tackle anyone any way as long as there is no injury ?

[one-eyed]

Richmond could be without valuable defender Nathan Broad for four weeks as the AFL prepares its argument for his Tuesday night tribunal case.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-round-2-adelaide-crows-v-richmond-all-the-news-action-and-fallout-from-adelaide-oval/news-story/d16594b05e204781a0fe892a359988e1

[the claw]

Not even a free kick imo. The adelaide player fought the tackle to the point of no return What we just stop mid tackle now and let the opponent dish off.

[one-eyed]

Broady copped 4 weeks.

RFC asked for 3 weeks (a week off for good character) but the Tribunal said no and still gave Broady 4 weeks.

Source: 7news just now.

[Andyy]

I think it should be 3.

When you look at the intent of a scumbag like Stewart for comparison it just doesn't seem fair.

[FooffooValve]

Not even a free kick imo. The adelaide player fought the tackle to the point of no return What we just stop mid tackle now and let the opponent dish off.

Well, you don't bounce his head on the turf, that's for sure. Totally dumb from Broad and he's lucky to get only 4.

[mightytiges]

So a football action (tackle) is now the same as deliberately decking someone off the ball & worse than sniping after a player disposes the ball. Welcome to the roulette wheel that is the MRO/Tribunal who make things up as they go. The Club should appeal for a lesser sentence. 3 weeks was more than fair punishment. Broady copping an excessive punishment for the AFL going soft on Kosi Pickett and others.

And does the umpire(s) closest to the incident, who failed to blow his whistle when he should have, accept any responsibility for the incident? Players play to the whistle. If the ump had blown his whistle as soon as the ball was clearly pinned in the tackle, then the Adelaide player would've stopped resisting the tackle and Broady wouldn't have had the instinct to be more forceful with the tackle and bring the Crows' player to ground.

[georgies31]

How on earth he got same weeks as Stewart is beyond believe one goes out of his way knocks a player cold no way near the ball and he got 4 lol.

[Knighter]

stuffen rubbish

[Hard Roar Tiger]

They should come out and explain what would happen if that stuffen cheat tried that again - should be 8 weeks

[WilliamPowell]

How on earth he got same weeks as Stewart is beyond believe one goes out of his way knocks a player cold no way near the ball and he got 4 lol.

Because the outcome (player injury) was exactly the same

Not for a minute saying I agree but that will be the reason

They tweaked the grading of these tables this year and this is the result

Precedent has been set for sling tackles now, let's see what HQ does going forward.

[camboon]

Change the rules this time on tackling and make Richmond the side to be the disadvantaged example
I understand the AFL’s intent as it is to mitigate against concussion claims but not apply the interpretation consistently where other players from other sides performed a sling tackle shows the bias .

[one-eyed]

"It's something we want to stamp out of the game."

Nathan Broad spoke to @_AMcCormack7 after the AFL Tribunal this evening.

WATCH: https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1640632633356070915

[torch]

Should’ve been 2-3 weeks.

Richmond Tax was applied people.

Joke.

[one-eyed]

Verdicts are in: Tribunal makes call on Broad sling

By Michael Whiting
afl.com.au
28 March 2023

RICHMOND defender Nathan Broad has been suspended for four matches for his sling tackle that left Adelaide's Patrick Parnell concussed.

All eyes were on Broad's case though after Match Review Officer Michael Christian charged him with rough conduct for his tackle, which was graded as careless conduct, severe impact with high contact.

In 50 minutes of evidence, the AFL pushed for the lengthy ban, saying the tackle was "moving towards a higher grading of severity" and compared it to a four-week suspension suffered by Scott Lycett in 2021 for a similar tackle on Ned McHenry.

The AFL said aside from Parnell's concussion, there was further potential to cause injury.

Broad pleaded guilty, with his counsel Sam Tovey asking for leniency and a three-week ban due to his "good character".

But the Tribunal decided the offence was serious enough to warrant four games, with chairman Jeff Gleeson offering a warning to all players.

"We repeat tonight, players must do all they reasonable can not to cause avoidable head injuries to fellow players," Gleeson said.

"Every player is now taken to be aware of the damaging and sometimes long-term consequences of concussion.

"If not for the early guilty plea to all elements of the charge and the clear contrition (shown by Broad), our starting point for the sanction may have been more than four matches, but taking into account all the circumstances I've mentioned, we start with a base sanction of four matches."

Tovey pushed hard for the suspension to remain at three weeks, saying that although the tackle was "self-evidently harmful", the three-time premiership Tiger showed genuine remorse and had not been banned in 110 AFL and 45 WAFL games.

He said from the moment the incident happened, Broad showed his care, immediately telling opponent Darcy Fogarty he shouldn't have done it, apologising to Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks, and then sending Parnell a text.

"I don't want you to accept my apology, but I shouldn't have done it," the text read.

"Sorry mate. It was sh*thouse. I hope you're ok and recover well."

Tovey said it was not the same as Lycett's tackle on Crow Ned McHenry in 2021, which earned the Port ruckman a four-week suspension.

Richmond argued Broad was spinning Parnell to take him over the boundary line, whereas Lycett's was in open play and he deliberately tossed the Crow over his shoulder and into the ground.

Broad will miss matches against Collingwood, Western Bulldogs, Sydney and Melbourne.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/891840/verdicts-are-in-tribunal-makes-call-on-broad-sling-ballard-strike