Who’s looking after the sheep?

Apparently Taylor Hunt is unlucky for being suspended for bumping Daniel Rich and initiating a head clash. It seems he was only “shepherding”.

 

AussieRulesBlog is no spring chicken, but when we were learning the game, a “shepherd” meant spreading your arms and trying to hold an opponent away from a teammate who had the ball.

 

 

What Hunt did was to pick off an unprepared opponent who didn’t have the ball and wasn’t in a position to intercept. It doesn’t matter how close the ball was. This is not a shepherd. It’s sniping. It’s cowardly. End of story.