The only consistent aspect of the Match Review Panel is, paradoxically, its inconsistency. Jack Ziebell accidentally hits an opponent in the head whilst competing for the ball and cops a four-week holiday, courtesy of the MRP. Lenny Hayes does, essentially, the same thing and is free to ply his trade!
This system was supposed to reduce uncertainty and deliver consistency, but is increasingly delivering exactly the opposite.
AussieRulesBlog freely acknowledges that Aussie Rules is an incredibly difficult game to officiate. Those very difficulties, that we’ve acknowledged again recently, mean that there are no ‘templates’ for judging incidents like the Ziebell and Hayes cases. Nevertheless, the Ziebell ruling called into question one of the central tenets of the game and the Hayes decision makes a complete mockery of the Ziebell decision.
This open sore cannot be allowed to continue.
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