Do we need an order off rule?

Pies4shaw · pies4shaw Joined: 08 Oct 2007

Thinking about the Stewart/Prestia incident in the Geelong v. Richmond game at the weekend. Richmond loses its best player from the previous week to a bad hit that has been referred directly to the Tribunal and the final margin is less than a goal. Should Stewart have finished the game (he was arguably BOG) or should he have been removed from the contest? This has always troubled me - the infraction was against his opposition at the weekend - but the effect of any suspension will be to the advantage of teams his hit hasn't impacted.

think positive · Side By Side Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere

Yes I said so on big footy, it probably cost Richmond the game.

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say a team might sacrifice a player during finals to take someone out

I will say though much as I hate feeling the cat really looked remorseful and not just because he got caught, because he knew he hurt him badly

Doesn’t change it though he should have got red carded

stui magpie · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:07 pm

Sorry but No for me. I don't like the order off rule, don't watch soccer, don't see a need for it.

We have 4 interchange players plus a medical sub. That's enough.

Pies4shaw · pies4shaw Joined: 08 Oct 2007

They have it in the NRL and it gets used in just these circumstances. It's not an issue that can really arise in soccer - noone gets lined up and hit in the head like that (if they did, it would probably result in a ban of several years).

Bucks5 · Nicky D - Parting the red sea Joined: 23 Mar 2002

Ordinarily I'd say yes, however, I would not trust umpires and the AFL to apply it fairly.

Bucks5 · Nicky D - Parting the red sea Joined: 23 Mar 2002

Mr Miyagi · Joined: 14 Sep 2018

I’m absolutely disgusted in media talking about how to get Stewart off/reduce his penalty. WTF?! It’s like he’s the victim. I don’t care how nice a guy he is, that’s 4-6 weeks.

stui magpie · Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:41 pm

Jezza · 2023 PREMIERS! Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End

Stewart banned for 4 games.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/789211/the-verdict-is-in-tribunal-makes-call-on-stewart-hit

Mr Miyagi · Joined: 14 Sep 2018

4 weeks is right, even if media tried hard to get it reduced with sob stories all week. And I’m with Stui, a big no to a send off rule — I want a ban on rule changes, to be honest, most fans have had enough.

Pies4shaw · pies4shaw Joined: 08 Oct 2007

I don't see why he only got 4 weeks. After all, Sidey was given 5 (reduced to 3 for his good record) a few seasons back and Johnson was given 6 a few years before that. Either they protect the head or they don't - if they want to do it properly, they need to take some "really good blokes" like this out of the game. It's an interesting contrast to the way the media called for our last premiership captain's head when he took a guy out with a bump - remarkably, that happened back in the days when it was still permissible to bump and take someone's head.

Mr Miyagi · Joined: 14 Sep 2018

Maynard got three at the start of this year for a legit spoil attempt.

Pies4shaw · pies4shaw Joined: 08 Oct 2007

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/time-for-the-afl-to-emerge-from-its-hermit-kingdom-and-send-players-off-20220701-p5ay7v.html

Pies4shaw · pies4shaw Joined: 08 Oct 2007

And Fernando bowls the same bowl to Swepson. Australia all out for 321.

Skids · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:33 pm

Should be an option (send off) for sure and I like Bucks5 idea of a week of whatever suspension is handed down, to be served when playing the side the infringement was incurred against.

We've gone all about protecting the players head and rightly so. To let the perpetrator continue playing, while the other poor bloke is verging on hospitalisation is a disgrace.