AFL 2026

[Jimmy_041]

BTW, what he did was assault
I agree with Trader - I'd be pleading concussion.
The AFL are more scared of that than Cate Sayers

[Dutchy]

I think the AFL should have come down harder, should have been north of 5 weeks. He wipes his nose twice, to make sure he's got blood on his hand. That's absolutely disgusting, not to mention the hygiene issue, and far worse than calling a player a bundle of sticks.

Rankine - See everyone we are taking a stand against homophobia (4 weeks)
Walker - See everyone we are taking a stand against racism (6 weeks)
Xerri - See everyone we are taking a stand against ...oh wait no opportunity to virtue signal (3 weeks)

Trying to compare this incident to racism and homophobia, incredible.

We are not really as it’s worse. You are only saying this as it’s a North player.

Incorrect, what he did was very poor and I had to watch it multiple times to believe he actually meant it. He lost his cool and did something silly, he however didn't marginalise groups of society - where in our workplace you would lose you job.

[amber_fluid]

I’m not sure a ‘word’ has ever transmitted diseases.
Wiping blood on the other hand……..

[wenchbarwer]

I'd pay dollars to donuts you'd lose your job if you wiped your blood on a fellow employee, too

[Dutchy]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

[Lightning McQueen]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

What would anger you more?

A: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone called him a poof.
B: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone wiped blood on his face.

[Dutchy]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

What would anger you more?

A: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone called him a poof.
B: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone wiped blood on his face.

If we are talking about the amount of blood X did then, definitely A. While I get the risks, I think they are much lower than we first thought when the blood rule came in years ago, look at UFC, Rugby etc where they play on with blood and there wasn't enough blood on X for the umpires to send him off.

*I have a very personal reason for hating homophobic slurs and Im probably a bit over sensitive to it.

And again, not excusing what X did, it was stupid.

[wenchbarwer]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

What would anger you more?

A: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone called him a poof.
B: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone wiped blood on his face.

My eldest got called a poof a couple of years ago.
"Yeah I am, what of it?" (he's not, by the way)
"Oh, umm, ah, right, shit..."

Opponent then watched him run around like a lost dog for the next five minutes, totally threw him off his game.

However, if he got blood deliberately wiped on his face, I would imagine the opponent would have a much more considerable blood flow afterwards.

[Lightning McQueen]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

What would anger you more?

A: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone called him a poof.
B: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone wiped blood on his face.

If we are talking about the amount of blood X did then, definitely A. While I get the risks, I think they are much lower than we first thought when the blood rule came in years ago, look at UFC, Rugby etc where they play on with blood and there wasn't enough blood on X for the umpires to send him off.

*I have a very personal reason for hating homophobic slurs and Im probably a bit over sensitive to it.

And again, not excusing what X did, it was stupid.

Fair comeback there plural carey. I didn't actually see the lead up to what caused X to not wanna be friends with Andy Mc but looked weaker too given the size of him.

I get his apology but at the end of the day the average punter wouldn't do it playing Sunday C Grade, doing it in front of thousands of onlookers and 20 odd cameras just typifies the ruckman stereotype.

[Lightning McQueen]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

What would anger you more?

A: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone called him a poof.
B: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone wiped blood on his face.

My eldest got called a poof a couple of years ago.
"Yeah I am, what of it?" (he's not, by the way)
"Oh, umm, ah, right, shit..."

Opponent then watched him run around like a lost dog for the next five minutes, totally threw him off his game.

However, if he got blood deliberately wiped on his face, I would imagine the opponent would have a much more considerable blood flow afterwards.

My lad is a very quiet lad and is the first one to put his hand out to offer an oppositon player a hand getting up off the ground at a scrimage.

He tackled a much bigger lad last season in a trial and once the ball left the area the player was in his grill and said "I'm going to f******* kill you".

Son says "no worries, I suffer from depression anyway so you'll be doing me a favour".

A little over zealous for any match, not just a trial, the dumb thing is that the opposition club ask my lad each year to go out there and he has a heap of mates there but wouldn't give it a minutes thought due to that one idiot.

[wenchbarwer]

My lad is a very quiet lad and is the first one to put his hand out to offer an oppositon player a hand getting up off the ground at a scrimage.

He tackled a much bigger lad last season in a trial and once the ball left the area the player was in his grill and said "I'm going to f******* kill you".

Son says "no worries, I suffer from depression anyway so you'll be doing me a favour".

A little over zealous for any match, not just a trial, the dumb thing is that the opposition club ask my lad each year to go out there and he has a heap of mates there but wouldn't give it a minutes thought due to that one idiot.

Love the comeback!

My middle son is a bit like your lad, although as he progresses through senior footy, he's become a bit more aggressive. Youngest boy is suddenly realising he's one of the biggest, if not the biggest player on the field, so that's been interesting
The eldest has white line fever, and loves a chat, too, which only serves to fire him up. Both of his brothers, after playing A grade with him for the first time said "He just doesn't shut up!!" Lovely off the field but don't get between him and the footy, there's been plenty of games where I've had to wander out to a huddle to stop him going on with something.

[Jimmy_041]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

What would anger you more?

A: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone called him a poof.
B: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone wiped blood on his face.

My eldest got called a poof a couple of years ago.
"Yeah I am, what of it?" (he's not, by the way)
"Oh, umm, ah, right, shit..."

Opponent then watched him run around like a lost dog for the next five minutes, totally threw him off his game.

However, if he got blood deliberately wiped on his face, I would imagine the opponent would have a much more considerable blood flow afterwards.

I played about 300 games and was called a college poof in about 298 of them
Harden the **** up
As for blood smear - I probably would have got off at the tribunal in the old days
Thinking about it - If I was sitting on a tribunal now, I would probably let the player off for a response within reason. C*** act

[amber_fluid]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

What would anger you more?

A: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone called him a poof.
B: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone wiped blood on his face.

My eldest got called a poof a couple of years ago.
"Yeah I am, what of it?" (he's not, by the way)
"Oh, umm, ah, right, shit..."

Opponent then watched him run around like a lost dog for the next five minutes, totally threw him off his game.

However, if he got blood deliberately wiped on his face, I would imagine the opponent would have a much more considerable blood flow afterwards.

I played about 300 games and was called a college poof in about 298 of them
Harden the **** up
As for blood smear - I probably would have got off at the tribunal in the old days
Thinking about it - If I was sitting on a tribunal now, I would probably let the player off for a response within reason. C*** act

I played a similar amount and probably half against college sides
We used to start the game by saying good luck today poof

[Lightning McQueen]

I played a similar amount and probably half against college sides
We used to start the morning by saying good luck today poof

EFA

[cracka]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

What would anger you more?

A: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone called him a poof.
B: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone wiped blood on his face.

That's a good pub test question.

[Brodlach]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

What would anger you more?

A: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone called him a poof.
B: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone wiped blood on his face.

If we are talking about the amount of blood X did then, definitely A. While I get the risks, I think they are much lower than we first thought when the blood rule came in years ago, look at UFC, Rugby etc where they play on with blood and there wasn't enough blood on X for the umpires to send him off.

*I have a very personal reason for hating homophobic slurs and Im probably a bit over sensitive to it.

And again, not excusing what X did, it was stupid.

If it was a Port or Adelaide player you’d be wanting a public hanging

[amber_fluid]

Not too many jobs where physical contact is the norm though

What would anger you more?

A: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone called him a poof.
B: Your lad coming off the footy field telling you someone wiped blood on his face.

That's a good pub test question.

I’m not sure too many are answering with A.

[Dutchy]

And again, not excusing what X did, it was stupid.

If it was a Port or Adelaide player you’d be wanting a public hanging