Tummy tap

[Bkash]

Tummy bloody tap
Is afl as a code becoming like soccer ? Where players takes a dive ? Where has the hard yakka gone ... Are the players too soft... Too chicken or too y gen and beard and latte sipping pu$$is . I hate for thus code to head into the soccer scene cus that the very reason I don't want soccer much anymore (diving and Oscar winning acting that gets done) .
Rant over

[Pies4shaw]

So, are you saying players should be allowed to punch other players in the breadbasket and wind them without penalty? I don't agree (unless they're Carlton players being struck, in which case it's all fine, play-on and a report for staging).

[piedys]

Parasite taggers should have their ribs cracked.
Zacharacas was equally unlucky last week, belting that Weasel player...

[Bucks2014]

The AFL had to do something about it, use to be jumper punchers but they started to get reported. So players were being punched in the solar plexus every week and nothing but maybe a $1000 fine was handed down.

Not sure if you've been whacked in the guts Bkash, but I remember it well in my footy days and it bloody hurt not being able to breathe for awhile.

[piedys]

Problem is, the AFL just can't start changing interpretation late in 2016.
Was there any announcement that they were cracking down on J-Ping?
The AFL are just asking to be taken to court over this; imagine if a player got a week for jumper-punching his parasite tagger a week out from the finals, when all the players got $1000 fines prior to round 15?
That club would rightfully be screaming "precedent".

Certainly clamp down on jumper-punching for 2017, but 2016 must be consistent with the penalties from earlier in the season.

And yes, most of us had been sniped and almost concussed on the field back in the day, even playing in the VAFA.

[Bucks2014]

Agree, I hate changing of the rules but in this case I agree with it. The reason I do players realised they could hit as hard as physically possible and get maybe a fine. Touch someones head and see you later, seems crazy to me. So hate a player or the best player, punch him in the guts all day. Sorry, until the last two weeks you could.

[jackcass]

[piedys]

[stui magpie]

[yin-YANG]

I like the physical contests - hard tackling and bumps etc great part of the game. A little push and shove now and then is all good to let you sense that the players are keen to win and will stand their ground. All good.

The punch to the guts however - more often than not a coward punch when the opponent is not aware it is even coming is BS. It is weak and the game would be better without it!

[jackcass]

[piedys]

BTW, sniper Hodge will surely go for a sling tackle AND jumper punch.
Let's see the AFL revert to a $1,000.00 fine this week, my guess...

[Bkash]

Tummy tap and jumper punching is considered ilegal ! Ok go that
Then why are players committing deliberate Corkies and knees to the back and ribs not considered illegal ? I guess we always expect and accept certain degree of hardness from the players.

[Bob Sugar]

I love it how the commentators brush aside tummy taps as if it's nothing, but let me tell you even the soft ones can deck you if they hit the sweet spot and you're not expecting it.

[piedys]