Highlight on AFL tribunal as Tigers’ Broad faces music

AFL coaches Chris Scott and Ross Lyon consider sling tackles will ultimately be eradicated, with the method an opportunity to be accelerated by Nathan Broad’s tribunal case.

Broad will entrance the tribunal on Tuesday charged with tough conduct over the deal with that left Adelaide’s Patrick Parnell concussed.

The Richmond defender faces a suspension of a minimum of three matches at a time when the AFL is underneath elevated scrutiny over its dealing with of concussion.

“We used to teach ‘deal with and dump’,” St Kilda coach Lyon informed Fox Footy.

“Now it is deal with and you have a accountability and obligation of care.

“That (Broad deal with) is self-evident why it should not be within the sport.”

Geelong premiership coach Scott stated tackles like Broad’s was once the gamers’ goal once they wrapped up an opponent.

“Not solely was that OK, that was applauded,” he stated.

“It is just like the bump now … the shift shall be that if you are going to sling a participant to the bottom, you are liable, so do not do it.

“You are higher off taking him down along with your weight.”

Lyon and Scott each have sympathy for some gamers who’re suspended for tough conduct over tackles which have gone unsuitable when laid on opponents who’re off steadiness.

Port Adelaide defender Ryan Burton was banned for 2 matches after he dumped Collingwood’s Jamie Elliott in a type of eventualities final spherical.

The coaches do not consider trendy gamers are intentionally making an attempt to harm opponents in sling tackles.

“It is an aggressive, bodily sport. It is instinctive,” Lyon stated.

“They’re split-second selections and we’re not machines, and the gamers are underneath excessive strain.

“I do not assume there’s any intent to harm the participant. These days are gone.”

Former North Melbourne champion David King described Broad’s deal with as a “horrific incident” and a “automobile crash”.

King stated he can be disillusioned if Broad would not cop a minimum of a five-match ban, and known as for an excellent larger penalty.

“We have got one probability to stamp this out, and sadly, Nathan Broad and the Richmond footy membership must pay a value,” King informed Fox Footy.

“That is a six-weeker for me.”

King predicted a ban of that size would deter different gamers from committing comparable transgressions.

“If you happen to give that six weeks, it is not going to occur once more for the 12 months,” he stated.

“The grading was careless, excessive and extreme – that is the max – so do not tiptoe by means of this one.”