Eagle Mark LeCras broke his arm in a clash with Docker Tendai Mzungu. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: PerthNow
HAS the AFL's new sliding rule claimed its first broken limb?
West Coast's Mark LeCras will miss up to six weeks after breaking his arm in a collision with Docker Tendai Mzungu, a collision that saw LeCras stop in his pursuit of the ball and Mzungu crash into him.
Both players kept their feet, which was exactly what the rule was designed to do - avoid forceful contact below the knees.
Only LeCras can tell us if he decided to not dive for the ball for fear of giving away a free kick.
Certainly, if he did dive for the ball there would've been contact below Mzungu's knees, whose commitment to the contest was absolute.
The Dockers midfielder crashed into LeCras, with the impact sandwiching LeCras arm between Mzungu's body and his own.
LeCras was then forced to leave the field with his arm cradled in his jumper.
Footage of the incident shows both players electing to keep their feet in a contest that saw Mzungu arrive first, by a fraction.
LeCras isn't Glen Archer in his desire for the pill, but he isn't fairy floss either.
The contention is LeCras had the option to dive at the ball and didn't.
The result was a broken arm for LeCras instead of a free kick to Mzungu.
While AFL boss Andrew Demetriou said players would continue to adapt to the new rule, AFL umpires boss Jeff Gieschen was unavailable yesterday for comment on the LeCras incident specifically.
The broken arm was desperately unlucky for the All-Australian forward. After missing all of last season after an ACL operation, LeCras suffered the break in the third quarter of his return.
"It's terrible for him. But depending on what it is, it's not necessarily a long period out," Eagles coach John Worsfold said post-match.
The setback, according to Worsfold, would allow his players to learn how to deal with loss of key players.
"It's not hard to cope with, because you just cope with it," Worsfold said.
"Players get opportunities, and learn and improve.
"But we want to get our best team out there as soon as we can, so we can see how good we are."
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
New rule, bad result
Dengan url
http://sowatgitulohai.blogspot.com/2013/03/new-rule-bad-result.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
New rule, bad result
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar