Francis bump on O'Meara

[radiojake]

$2000 fine?


Seriously?

 

[fanuch]

The bump is dead. Long live the bump.

 

[astrowizzle]

Wtf. A bump can't be any cleaner than that. Gil take afl and shove it up your arse See if you can fit Christian fits in there as well

 

[citizen-erased]

Lol
Afl
Just lol

 

[Woody15]

Unbelievable.

That's as good a bump as you could possibly execute under the current rules.

 

[Madness101]

Anyone got a link to footage ?

It is hard to join in the outrage until I see it.

 

[Woody15]

 

[Dixie Flatline]

 

[Woody15]

Maybe its there..

Actually no its not.

 

[citizen-erased]

Interesting that Jones got the same fine for striking merrett in the face

 

[Pessimistic]

Puzzling

 

[Stopher]

Those stills don't prove shit

 

[schmuttt]

Man I wish Gaff just gave one to Gil and Michael Christian instead of Brayshaw.

 

[Jeff76]

Could possibly be the worst decision this year, that’s a perfect hit and if anyone says otherwise, footy is not the sport for you.

 

[Smeg Head]

Sorry Essendon, you aren't On Christians Christmas list.

 

[Frazb]

Im not surprised. I dont like the decision but the afl has slowly been ridding the game of contact for the last 25 years. Some of it im comfortable with. King hits off the ball etc.
Not sure what the afl's ultimate goal is? Im tipping standing tackles in 30 years.

 

[KermitJagger]

That was a fair bump. Inexplicable that Cotchin avoided a fine for more obvious head contact last year purely for having two priors and the MRP not wanting to suspend him for a GF. Probably costs more in lawyer fees to appeal this but for the sake of the game, Essendon definitely should.

 

[Doss]

Very, very bewildering.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Just laughable from the AFL.

They’re a ****in joke.

If he got him in the head he should be suspended.

If he didn’t then there’s no charge.

You can’t have it both ways.

 

[Great8]

Gaelic rules by 2020
Gil is taking this game down to the toilet

 

[Hawkforce]

Perfectly executed bump. Awful awful decision by MRO.

 

[Hawk_francais]

Fantastic bump, shows great confidence and hunger for a kid to line up an important oppo player so fairly at a crucial stage of the match.

Can he contest the fine?

 

[hawksalltheway]

ridiculous

they need to be tougher on ALL punches, not this stuff

 

[Tex9798]

After seeing those stills I am surprised that there is any outrage over this at all.

His shoulder clearly collects O'Meara in the head.

It has been assessed as careless conduct with low impact to the head. Which point do you possibly contest?

You can't call it a perfect bump when he hits him in the head, if he didn't then sure, great bump.

Exactly the same fine as Michael Johnson.

 

[Stopher]

What options did he have? He couldn't tackle him, so perhaps squib the contest?

Thinking of Hodge on Heppell a few weeks ago, which was just a heavy but unavoidable clash of two blokes contesting the ball.