Yes... the new rule! Nathan Jones is allowed to be tackled in any manner by any number of opponents, concurrently, and he will not be given a free kick. I happened to be watching the game in one of the MCG bars today and witnessed an Adelaide monster wrap a meaty arm around his head and pile drive him dangerously into the turf! To add insult to near serious injury another Adelaide player jumped onto his back as if he was ready to compete at the Kapunda Rodeo. I suppose we should count our blessings that the umpire chose to ball it up instead of paying a free against Jones!

Don't underestimate the home ground advantage..

The umpiring was deplorable today, at times I wish the players would've walked off in protest.

Hopefully Roos can take it further, simply not good enough. This is AFL football. In this day and age, it is simply unacceptable.

I rather liked the free against TMac for running too far when he actually bounced it just before the ump called.

The Tmac one I thought was for bouncing it as he was being "tackled"...

The umpiring today was pathetic so many Crow throws and we never got a holding the ball all afternoon even when it was obvious

The umpiring today was pathetic so many Crow throws and we never got a holding the ball all afternoon even when it was obvious

the maggots are gutless - actually scared by the feral Adelaide crowds.

I rather liked the free against TMac for running too far when he actually bounced it just before the ump called.

Or the time when JFK's kick was called "Not Fifteen" before it was halfway through its arc. How could the ump tell how far the ball had gone before it had even reached its target?