The karate kick “mark”

[Pies2016]

What annoys me is that no one has called it for what it really is. It’s a very cowardly act when you are prepared to stick a foot out because you don’t want to take the impact that comes with a marking contest.
Nobody else does it because everyone else plays the game in right spirit.
Make a the ball your sole objective and take the knocks that come with it.
He could easily lacerate a nad with that action. It should have been outlawed after the Dahlhaus incident and he did it three times in the Swans game.
I’m filthy on it.

[BazBoy]

He,s a serial offender and until someone action taken will be IMO a repeat offender

Mayne copped a face full of Sherrin but tell ya if he or another Pie cops a face full of Toby Boot I’ll b filthy

It’s dangerous play (there’s a term for it when awarding free,s ❓)

Hard one —report him and very least fine heavily

[SwansWay]

[BazBoy]

With the Mitchell thing the game in modern times has these sly characters
and BoringThorn had Mitchell and Hodge
Likewise Joel Selwood at the Cattery (clean that up) and muppets they aspire to be media seem to fawn over them

Yesterday year these sneaky pr-*”+cks would cop a Weid wack or a Tuddy Thump

That would pull em right up

[Albert Parker]

Jarrod Waite was an exponent of this marking style. Brad Scott said he coached it out of him as it was inappropriate.

[courtza]

Blatantly kicking someone with your sprigs up is not defence, it's a total dog act.

It used to be Waite but now Greene has it taken to a whole new level.

[woodys_world69]

This is 2018. They have rules to protect the forward from front on contact in a marking contest. There is no need to stick the boot out... just jump up with the knee and earn the free kick

[Lone Ranger]

When you are going for a mark and your knee/foot makes contact incidentally to going for the mark, thats allowed.
If you havent even started the marking attempy, ie foot is still on the ground, and you just thrust your foot at someone, that is kicking.

It should have been a free kick, and reported for kicking.

[BazBoy]

There are several of these oxygen thieves in our game committing acts of gutless behaviour under the cloak of modern era of perceived decent football

They do it and like Toby smirk —well a Banks or a Craig Kelly era if we could arrange a time trip back would have Toby’s boot turned into a suppository

For mine their not tough their cowardly

[piedys]

[HAL]

We have never talked about it before.

[Jezza]

I'm amazed something wasn't done about it last year after he kicked Dahlhaus in the face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo2XqCq8ZMg

[K]

[K]

This shot is kind of interesting... It looks like the studs are up really early. Who has their ankle joint "cocked" like that?



BTW this image is from the AFL 2nd-semi preview page, and the caption begins, "Forget the controversy, ..."

[K]

"COLLINGWOOD midfielder Taylor Adams has played down a fiery clash with former teammate Toby Greene during Saturday night's semi-final at the MCG.

Adams exchanged tense words with Greene after the final siren, with the pair already clashing on numerous occasions throughout Collingwood's thrilling 10-point win.

Greene was later fined $2500 for striking Adams during the second quarter, while the Magpies midfielder was also forced to fork out $2500 for his part in a half-time melee."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-09-17/pie-hoses-down-clash-with-one-of-his-best-mates


I don't recall seeing this...