Rioli hit on Jones

[waynewussell 6,237]

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned here. Behind play, hit him in the guts, took the wind out of Jones for some time. Straight forward I week with a guilty plea, like Scarlett I would have thought.

[Mono 455]

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned here. Behind play, hit him in the guts, took the wind out of Jones for some time. Straight forward I week with a guilty plea, like Scarlett I would have thought.

ABC commentators did pick up on it - suggested Rioli was in trouble.

[demoniac 1,336]

ABC commentators did pick up on it - suggested Rioli was in trouble.

Mr Hodge should also be some trouble if the cameras picked up his discreet wack to Dunns guts in the second quarter.

[Range Rover 1,935]

There was nothing in it. I wouldn't even call it a hit. It was a bump he wasn't prepared for.

[Cheesy D. Pun 1,765]

Nothing in either.

[waynewussell 6,237]

are the 'nothing in it' brigade talking after viewing the footage?

[Juicebox 628]

Looked like a 'love tap' from where I was, but seemed to really take the wind outta Jones. Couldn't really care less anyway if he (Rioli) gets suspended or not.

[Range Rover 1,935]

Saw it live on TV and replayed. Happens 50 times a game. Jones was caught in the breadbasket without preparing for it.

This 'aint netball mate.

[waynewussell 6,237]

Don't care about your toughness barometer, if he was hit off the ball when not close enough to expect forceful contact, then Rioli has a case to answer. To me it looked like the act of a clever footballer who didn't appreciate the tag!

[Range Rover 1,935]

Don't care about your toughness barometer, if he was hit off the ball when not close enough to expect forceful contact, then Rioli has a case to answer. To me it looked like the act of a clever footballer who didn't appreciate the tag!

I get the feeling he appreciated the Jones tag very much ... a witches hat would have done a better job on him.

[waynewussell 6,237]

Not interested in an appraisal of Jones' game here... just interested in the facts surrounding a Demon player who was distressed by a body hit from an opponent which may not have been legal. If you can't contribute some factual information save your rant about how much Jones resembles a plastic marker for other threads which are devoted to such vitriol!

[waynewussell 6,237]

Ok, I watched the replay. Rioli was miffed at some rugged treatment... he whacked the first Demon to come near him, which was Jones who was running to position, or to the interchange... not expecting contact. It can be passed off as unintentional in that Rioli didn't use his fist. However, the free kick should have been reversed.

[Dockett 32 1,239]

As long as Jonesy remembers for next time I haven't got a problem, but it should be squared up. Only fair!

[Eth 4]

He should get a week purely for the fact that Scarlett got a week. Intentional hit to an opponent off the ball, taking the wind out of the victim.

Jones copped it worse than Riewoldt though, so if he gets off it's a disgrace.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,088]

SEN spotted it. Thought he was in trouble but when they looked at the replay said he would be fine.

[Gorgoroth 13,016]

It's a strange one, as it was an elbow not a puch ala scarlett, but he winds him and Jones spent a min or two on his knees getting his breath back, so there was some force, but these days you can kick a bloke in the nuts and be fine, so he could get 8 weeks or a medal the way the Match review panel (doesn't) works.

[waynewussell 6,237]

Ahem! Well, b@gger me dead, who would have thunk it? I reckon my initial reading of the situation was accurate. I'm only irritated by the blind-eye the umpires turned. The free-kick should have been reversed! Remember, this is the same group of adjudicators who reacted with triple knee-jerks to the push in the chest by Grimes which gifted same Rioli a shot from 15 metres out. They are also the same group who debated the out-of-bounds rule for 71/2 minutes just to ensure all of us that they were meticulous when it comes to the rules of the game!!!!!

[jnrmac 20,171]

Well at that ;point we could have done with a reversal of the free and probably would have been a goal and stopped their momentum.

Maggots can't get anything right.