News Injuries & Suspensions
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Wow can’t believe he got off for that….
The inconstistency of the tribunal is mind boggling…
no wonder our players are confused about the interpretations….
If you want to protect head knocks and concussion…needs to be a suspension on all front on bumps like that…
Its the only way to change the way players attack the ball…
The inconstistency of the tribunal is mind boggling…
no wonder our players are confused about the interpretations….
If you want to protect head knocks and concussion…needs to be a suspension on all front on bumps like that…
Its the only way to change the way players attack the ball…
The last couple of paragraphs from David Zita's post are listed below. You might change your mind slightly. 😉
Boyd submitted that Mansell deliberately ducked to get a free quick kick. We do not make that finding on the evidence before us. We now move to impact. The guidelines state that any careless, forceful front on contact which was high and that has the potential to cause injury will usually be graded at a minimum as medium impact, even though the extent of the actual physical impact may be low. If not for Boyd taking several steps immediately before contact to reduce the impact, we would have upheld the medium grading. Vision captures the following: Boyd decelerated as he realised that high contact was about to be made, he significantly reduced the actual impact to Mansell. Boyd moved his arms in a position to try to cradle Mansell. Boyd used his hands to try to stop Mansell from falling backwards. These actions helped to minimise the actual impact of the contact, which was low. Importantly, they also helped to reduce the potential for injury. For these reasons, we find the impact to be low.
Boyd submitted that Mansell deliberately ducked to get a free quick kick. We do not make that finding on the evidence before us. We now move to impact. The guidelines state that any careless, forceful front on contact which was high and that has the potential to cause injury will usually be graded at a minimum as medium impact, even though the extent of the actual physical impact may be low. If not for Boyd taking several steps immediately before contact to reduce the impact, we would have upheld the medium grading. Vision captures the following: Boyd decelerated as he realised that high contact was about to be made, he significantly reduced the actual impact to Mansell. Boyd moved his arms in a position to try to cradle Mansell. Boyd used his hands to try to stop Mansell from falling backwards. These actions helped to minimise the actual impact of the contact, which was low. Importantly, they also helped to reduce the potential for injury. For these reasons, we find the impact to be low.
