Adelaide's Richard Douglas has received a two-game ban from the AFL tribunal for an off-the-ball bump.
Brodie Smith runs away with the ball while Callan Ward lays on the ground after a bump from Richard Douglas. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: News Corp Australia
"WHAT if" questions are in vogue. And when David Wildy took to the microphone at FIVEaa at the weekend — after former Crows rover Stephen Rowe had been hysterical behind the same megaphone — to ask a perfect what if, there was remarkable (but not unexpected) silence.
What if Greater Western Sydney captain Callan Ward bumped into concussion Adelaide co-captain Patrick Dangerfield at Adelaide Oval last Sunday — rather than be at the head-banging end of Richard Douglas's bump? The silence that follows this question confirmed there would have been outrage — and the expectation (or demand) from Crows fans that Ward be punished by the AFL match review panel and/or tribunal.
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It should be remembered that Douglas pleaded guilty at the tribunal. Those who quote the game's rules should take note the Laws of the Game remind a player he faces punishment for a damaging bump if there was a reasonable alternative (which was clearly before Douglas who needs a refresher course on shepherding).
Ward battles to get up off the deck. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: News Corp Australia
And now everyone knows the AFL is holding to account any player who forces a rival off the field with concussion. Does this make the game soft? Not at all. And those who think AFL is softer than years ago should get close to a boundary fence at an AFL ground and hear how players crash into each other with crunching force.
It was not a good week in Adelaide as rose-coloured glasses led to poor analysis of the Douglas-Ward incident. And time will tell how consistent — or hypocritical — the argument will be when a Crow is concussed by a so-called fair bump.
And to former SANFL league umpire Bob Schofield. The question was not would John Worsfold be penalised by a free kick if he crashed into Tony Modra in a marking contest in 2014 rather than 1994, but whether the incident would lead to a report today when it did not 20 years ago? The bump is far from dead. But the consequence with those that lead to head injuries is most clear now.
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