It happened right near me and you hear the thump! and it sounded awesome, looked legit and not too high, but I did not cath a reply on the screen at the ground, has there been replays and is he in trouble?

Could not care less if he is in trouble, great hip and shoulder.

Could not care less if he is in trouble, great hip and shoulder.

Yep would be great if someone other than a first year rookie was able to show as much aggression to the contest.

Went just as hard in a head-on against Jordan Lewis. In the words of a commentator whose name I've forgotten, "Both came off second best"!!

Looked fine on the replay. Shook Savage, but it didn't seem to hit him high. Just hard.

Love the way this kid goes about his footy! I hope he becomes the modern version of Rod Grinter!

one more year on his body and the rest of the team - will take it up to Hawthorn.

We just generally look small when we play them - but I don't see why guys like Tapscott, Chippa, Trenners, even Watts (if he continues with preseason 10 and 11) can't "draw a line in the sand" in 2012

Yep would be great if someone other than a first year rookie was able to show as much aggression to the contest.

I thought that was one of the standouts for the game. I loved the way they were hard at the ball even when it was done and dusted.

Saw it when it happen then waited for the replay on the big screen to see it again. LOVED IT! B)

Clean bump that was not high. Great aggression that actually gained some momentum that turnovers got rid of...

MRP

"Contact between Melbourne's Luke Tapscott and Hawthorn's Shane Savage from the third quarter of Sunday's match was assessed. Savage has handballed the ball to a teammate when he is met in a bump by player Tapscott. After viewing the available footage and receiving a medical report from the Hawthorn Football Club, it was determined there was no forceful high contact to player Savage. No further action was taken."

Huzzah - Go Bull

I say if we are we are losing at half time next time we play the hawks that we serve them up some line in the sand. I'm so sick of taking their crap.

Condemned 84 do you mind doing a spell check before you post? It makes your posts really difficult to read even though most of it is gibberish anyway

So I spelt catch wrong in the fact I forgot the c, I know what the use of the space bar is tho.

I like spouting gibberish.

Is there any footage of this bump.

I was at the game yet still haven't seen it.

Was a great hit, fired me up, and fired the team up momentarily. Love tappy and his rep is growing. I want opponents to be scared to even go near the ball when its in tappys vicinity.

Ps has the bull got even bigger since before his injury? Hes gotta be pushing 90kg now.

Really irritates me that every good bump gets the attention of the MRP...

Really irritates me that every good bump gets the attention of the MRP...

Case in point: Riewoldt. I cannot believe that got 3 weeks, reduced to 1 via a good record and a guilty plea. Effectively the same thing as Ottens who raised an elbow to the head behind play. Riewoldt's bump, to me, looked completely innocent.

Agree - we are now playing netball.

A smaller version of Neita- when he hits -they hurt...

Agree - we are now playing netball.

Actually if you watch netball they are allowed to hit harder than footballers these days.

Hardly doubt Lewis and Savage would suggest Tappy plays 'Bruise Free' footy.

The guy just oozes ego, aggression and talent. I have such a man-crush on this guy!

A smaller version of Neita- when he hits -they hurt...

Luke McCabe would agree.

Savage has been ruled out this week with a shoulder injury!

I was trying to find a video of the bump on youtube. I didn't find it. But I did find this!