Blue Vain wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
All you need to do is watch the replay. He looks at Pitto, attacks him with gusto (see his face screw up with determination to collide into Pitto) then AFTER he makes contact into the spot he was aiming for, as Pitto collapses, Darcy looks up and the ball coming down happens to be where his hand is and he wins the tap.
Correct Bondi. At the point of contact, only one player was looking at the ball. Pretty average IMHO. Pitto was giving him a lesson and his response was to take his opponent out.
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Luke Hodge says ruckmen should have their eyes on the ball when going up for a contest.
Talking with Gerard Whateley this morning, “Razor” Ray Chamberlain broke down when an umpire would pay a free kick for blocking in the ruck.
“Marking and rucking have the same overarching philosophy, which is that a player whose prime objective is to contest the football will be allowed to do so,” Chamberlain told SEN's Whateley.
“If just one ruckman puts out an arm, then it's a block and free kick. When they both do it, nothing to see here.”
However, four-time premiership player Hodge did not think this addressed the issue of ruckmen focusing on their opposition over the ball.
Hodge called into the program to question Chamberlain on his comparison of rucking to a marking contest.
“If you’ve got a ruckman who’s standing there with eyes on the ball, and the opposition is just running straight at him with his knee up, and that poor ruckman cops an injury and is out for three months, there’s gotta be a few things we need to look at, and say ‘how’s that allowed?’” Hodge said.
“You’ve gotta at least watch the ball.”
Carlton ruckman Marc Pittonet is set to miss up to three months with a PCL injury in his knee, after a ruck collision with Fremantle’s Sean Darcy, whose eyes were on his opponent, rather than the ball.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/04/27/hodge-unsatisfied-with-chamberlains-ruling-on-rucks/OK, that doesn't help Pitto now, but what is the AFL going to do about Darcy's violent action?
Does Michael Christian know the rules?
Pitto was giving him a bath so Darcy resorted to violence. Looks the same build as a Balme. Must be related.