Trader wrote:By last look, there have been 18 counts of striking in the SAAFL, 0 of them were for body shots.
If you're not punching someone in the head, the SAAFL are happy for it to occur.
We have a young lad whose been given 2 games for "charging" as a result of a bump Saturday that wasn't high, wasn't heavy contact, as the player kicked it that you would see every single week.
Umpire's said it wasn't dirty or that bad, player came back on after 10min and played the game out but now misses two weeks for what at best should've been a FAD, at worst a yellow, but the umpires were rapidly losing control of the match so guess they decided a red was best course of action.