Another incident from the Saints-Swans-Cats triple header caught our attention tonight. Swan Jude Bolton took possession of the ball in the rough vicinity of the behind post, perhaps five or six meters out from the boundary. He was running at full pace toward his own goal.
Bolton duly kicked the goal and was then pushed fair and square in the back by his Saints opponent. What concerned us about this incident was the proximity of the goal post to where Bolton’s body sprawled after the push.
A number of points need to be made.
- Bolton could easily have been pushed into forceful contact with the goal post.
- Does the duty of care the AFL is fond of talking about in relation to head-high contact also come into play if an opponent is forcefully, deliberately and unlawfully propelled into a goal or behind post?
- Why was there no extra kick at goal, or free kick from the centre? The incident is not entirely dissimilar to a Saints player kicking the ball away after a score — in fact it’s considerably worse.
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