Rhyan Mansell [merged]

[one-eyed]

Dann (Tigers): The Tribunal was dealing with a case of unavoidable contact between two players travelling at high speed with high momentum.

Source: Foxsports.

[one-eyed]

Dann (Tigers) says the real question in this case is: "Whether a player who does no more than takes reasonable action to protect themselves and brace for an unavoidable collision can be involved in the bumping of another player."

Source: Foxsports.

[one-eyed]

Dann (Tigers): It has to remain a fundamental entitlement that any player, called upon in certain circumstances, can be able to protect themselves.

Dann (Tigers): Just as in everyday life, a person has an entitlement in certain extreme circumstances to take action to protect themselves.

Source: Foxsports.

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Dann (Tigers) says the notion put to Mansell that he could've tackled "would've been a recipe for disaster" and risked face-to-face, head-to-head contact.

Source: Foxsports.

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Dann (Tigers) says that if this decision is upheld, it will "promote risk of injury, promote risk of concussion, deny a fundamental entitlement of the player to take reasonable action to protect themselves."

Source: Foxsports.

[one-eyed]

Appeal Board chair Murray Kellam asks for a two-minute break because there he has "something I need to attend to."

Before he is muted and his camera is turned off, he can be heard saying "have you got the oven on?"

I cannot make this up. We are now back.

Source: Foxsports.

 

[Damo]

Got to get the pies in the oven for post decision lunch

[Tiger Tragic]

Before he is muted and his camera is turned off, he can be heard saying "have you got the oven on?"

 

Every man needs his sausage rolls

[one-eyed]

Hannon (AFL) says the Tribunal's reasons may've been brief on Tuesday, "but that does not mean that they are wrong."

"The Tribunal expressly found a metre or two from impact, Mansell turned and bumped."

Hannon (AFL): The meaning of 'bump' or the act of bumping shouldn't be constrained narrowly, but given a wide interpretation, consistent with the remedial purpose of affording players protection in their on-field workplace.

Source: Foxsports.

[one-eyed]

The Appeal Board is now deliberating.

Kellam says before departing: "I'm sure you'll have time for a coffee and a sandwich if you feel like it."

Source: Foxsports.

[Assange Tiger 😎]

Can we use their oven

[Hart4Jack]

If we lose this appeal, I think we'll be watching Gaelic football with an oval ball in the very near future. 

[one-eyed]

Still deliberating ...














= Munching on party pies and sausage rolls swished down with a cafe latte .

[one-eyed]

What a professional Organisation the AFL is, just a minute my pies are burning

https://twitter.com/nqtiger/status/1669514615401902080

[one-eyed]

The Appeal Board is still deliberating.

https://twitter.com/DavidZita1/status/1669517405926887424



Probably they've moved onto dessert. Biscotti anyone?