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I can’t imagine after the week of lawsuits happening that the AFL hasn’t had a word to the MRP to be harsher on hits like this. I’d be shocked if he didn’t get a week.

How bout a bang bang bang bang?

Stoppage clearances Dees 6 Dogs 14 Gotta fix that up on the second half.

See you round 4-5 Kozzie

NAUGHTON PUSH IN THE BACK???????

I think it’s going to be one of those rule adjustments with frustratingly unintended consequences…

Looks like if it’s any ducking at al that results over the shoulders contact it’s not a free.

Collingwood is the only team where I look at their best and I doubt if our best can beat them. They have a belief that they can win from any position, their speed and pressure is overwhelming when they’re on. They can turn the momentum of a game on a dime. Really, really hope I’m wrong obviously.

Doesn't deserve a thread of it's own, but I'm watching the post game press conference and I can't help but ask: Any chance in 2023 we can get some room microphones to be able to actually hear the journalists questions?

Did Jack Riewoldt just say on national tv that ‘we’re all flat as shark sh…it?’ Definitely accurate Jack.

Well that was an annoying game with an infuriating finish.

Just get rid of hands in the back altogether. Make players use their bodies. The amount of times the benefit of the doubt is given from the player behind that clearly is pushing with their hands is infuriating. Hawkins does it all the time

He could still explode this year but I’ve always felt Curnow is very inconsistent. He has the potential to dominate but it feels like he goes missing for 2 games at a time then explodes and kicks 5. If it’s not ‘his day’, he’s a middle of the road forward. As much as I hate to say, when Hawkins has a terrible day, he’ll still be involved in at least 2-3 goals.

Yeah great call about Dusty. The pressure isn’t off the charts and like you said, 3 years ago he would probably have 2 goals and 3 goal assists by now and Richmond is up by 30.

Both defences winning and skills not really on point. Given it’s round 1, not much can be taken going further into the season. Feels like this is an ‘in context’ game. Have to wait to see what the rest of the round has to show to gauge how good/bad this is.

Absolutely! He consistently makes something out of nothing. Freak level of skill.

Glad someone else saw it, haha He did come back over the mark in his actual arc so I wonder if the ‘natural arc’ saved him from it being play on…

Felt like they had it in their forward half for 80% of the time.

Wait, he missed anyway but the umpire didn’t bring back dusty in line with the mark???? So players can choose their own line of goal now?

Oh great, I’ll give that a watch. Thanks!

I heard an interview years ago (Maybe 10ish years?) of a recently retired Rugby player (he wasn't a big name at all and I don't even remember which code he played) that was about 30. The reason he had to retire was because of 'concussion related injuries'. I can only assume this was further to the extreme end of concussion induced brain injuries, but this guy had short term memory issues to the extent where his wife would make sure his house keys went into the same bowl in the hallway of their house everyday. And everyday he would struggle to be able to find them. I *think* he said he had a short term memory of a couple minutes? So effectively analogous to early stages of dementia in terms of short term memory loss. He'd also have dramatic mood swings and struggled with emotional regulation and was quick to anger which wasn't really a part of his personality years before. Because of all of this he wasn't able to work and in a lot of ways could only function with his wife's assistance. It was really eye opening because it made me think of all the Rugby/AFL players that had to retire because of concussion related brain injuries and what exactly their day to day lives were like.

Oooooft, May being out really disrupts not only the backline but the whole team set up. Max and Grundy are going to have to spend a lot more time down back I feel. I was 60/40 that we'd get up and now I think I'm 50/50. Gonna be a tough game. Edit: Probably sounded more negative than I intended, still got a great team on the park and you're right, a win will be a big boost in confidence. Look forward to see what the incoming players can do!

I have no idea what the outcome of this will be, but anything that increases the AFL's caution towards head knocks is a good thing. Danny Frawley and Shane Tuck offer two glimpses into what chronic traumatic encephalopathy can lead too. Sounds like a pretty awful condition to live with.

Either: Grabbing some food (beers) heading down to the botanical gardens to sit amongst the flora and fauna with my sister and father. Then moseying on down to the G about 7 and yelling for a couple hours. Or Have some mates round for a menagerie of bbq'd food, beers and smoke breaks on my balcony. Can't bloody wait!

This is going to be a very interesting game. The new ins for the dogs definitely make them more dangerous, but Grundy/Maxy look fit, healthy and between those two dropping back and forward, I feel an ultra tall dogs forward line is negated somewhat. We're going to have to handle their talls but vice versa, Grundy and Max both hanging around the forward line will be a nightmare for the doggies to deal with. Could be a shoot out. I reckon they'll be a handful and it will be close but Dees by 11 points in the end.