Link.

I am not defending the arsehole with the king hit......but I do say the chance of this happening would be reduced if they knocked out all the off ball pushing and shoving which would certainly piss me off if I was playing that game.

It is a contact sport....Most players would be charged for assault if their hits and tackles were not in the game of AFL football....Whilst I agree Gaff deserves the full penalty of the AFL no criminal charges should be laid!!!

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 6^th, 2018 at 2:41pm:


It hasn't been tested in court. However, assault and battery would likely be found in such a case if it was tested.

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 6^th, 2018 at 2:41pm:


Are you claiming when a player sticks his elbow into someone's face or shirt fronts them whilst they are not looking it is accidental or different???

IMO most contact on a football field would be assault on the street....When you are payed to hit people tempers can be tested and things can get out of control....Let the AFL deal with it and accept there is an element of violence in sport that creates these situations???

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No.  Not once in my long career playing Rugby League did I sign up for gratuitous violence beyond the contact expected and agreed to.

Thug culture.  Stamp it out.....far cough with the current residue of pushing and shoving.

No, I never played that Game and thank goodness for that.  I would have lasted no more than a small fraction of the Game if it is okay that some idiot gets to freely push and shove me around when I am nowhere near the ball.

Aussie wrote on Aug 6^th, 2018 at 3:21pm:


It has already been tested....

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https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/matthews-charge-still-mystery-20130729-2quxt...

Raven was surprised when he saw this incident. Gaff has had a squeaky clean record, considered a gentleman of the game.

Gaff claims he pushed him in the chest first to gain some space and then went to push him in the chest again.

Tribunal evidence:

"I meant to hit him in the chest. I feel sick I hit Andrew in the face. (I had) absolutely no intention to hit Andrew where I hit him. Tried to do a similar hit (to) what I did 10 seconds earlier with my right arm,”

“In a split second, his body has lowered significantly. I’ve hit him, meaning to hit him in the chest. I’ve hit him in the face."

Gaff contacted both Brayshaw and his family to apologise, which appears to be accepted.

Brayshaw's brother Hamish plays for West Coast and according to Mark Brayshaw, Andrew and Hamish's father and Chief Executive of the AFL Coaches Association, Hamish speaks highly of Gaff.

"Hamish said to me Andrew Gaff is one of his best mates, and the most delightful bloke you have ever met," Mark Brayshaw said.

Mark Brayshaw wrote on the PlayersVoice website he and his family were concerned for Gaff, as he dealt with the fall-out from his violent act.

"We're interested in and caring about how the other Andrew is going," he wrote.

"Young Andrew Gaff and his family are in the middle of this maelstrom which is pretty intense, and he's got a few other things going on.

"We hope he does well and gets through it all."

Mark Brayshaw said his son and Gaff would meet later this week, and he was hopeful they would "shake hands and move on".

Overall it's a terrible incident but no matter his intentions Gaff deserved the ban.

Sure.

But where is the line?

At what point does the police get involved?

philperth2010 wrote on Aug 9^th, 2018 at 9:53am:



Ummm it wasn't a bump or a tackle.

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 9^th, 2018 at 10:04am:


I agree but sometimes a bump could also cause head contact that could cause injury....Players come from all directions and fists fly....Whilst I agree penalties should be severe and reflect the nature of the violence once you start arguing sport should not have any unnecessary contact you open up any indiscriminate contact to prosecution by the letter of the law....Let the league deal with players as they always have IMO!!!

If we didn't have our gladiators, we'd be crying out for them.

When they go out on the oval, they expect to encounter similarly tuned athletes; not women, children, elderly, disabled, weak or otherwise.


I want to see it. I want to see these athletes going head to head. If the emotion boils over or a mistake is made, well stiff poo. It's all part of the game.


Talking about criminal charges is just ridiculous unless it is an obviouse malicious attack.
The 8 weeks was well enough penalty and probably too much imo as I think that Gaff really didn't mean to do any lasting damage. But he stuffed up and will take the penalty.

Long live our gladiator sports, lest we bay for blood elsewhere.i

A well known ex-AFL footballer was arrested in Perth last night, with a bag of meth up his arse.

Broke down crying in court today, at the prospect of going back to prison.

This boy has a serious drug problem.

philperth2010 wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2018 at 4:12pm:


I don't follow AFL, and I'm no fan of Cousins'.

However, I'm starting to feel sorry for this guy - meth has completely destroyed his life.

He was a well respected Perthonality - now he's just a washed up druggie with bags of meth up his arse.

So sad.

philperth2010 wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2018 at 4:36pm:


I don't really know much about him, but the new allegations are really quite alarming.

" ... an allegation Cousins once got into a car with Ms Tinecheff while holding a screwdriver and said: “I can’t wait to use it”.

"He later allegedly threatened: “I’m going to kill you. I’m going to take your life and your freedom and the things you love the most.”

Cousins also allegedly said he was going to bury her car “where she would survive for a couple of days” then he would “bring the kids to play, so she would hear them but would not be able to get to them”.

Jesus!   

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2018 at 4:15pm:
he destroyed his own life, not the meth. Forget about apologising for him.

rhino wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2018 at 11:19am:


I'm not apologising for him.

I'm just feeling some sympathy, as it must be hard not seeing his kids.

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2018 at 11:23am:


Would you let Cousins near your kids Greg....He has crapped on everyone who has tried to help him including the West Coast Eagles and his family....If he was not a celebrity he would already be in jail!!!