Jon Ralph

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AFL football journalist with Herald Sun, Fox Footy.

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$Ok, this is the last one. As Gerard Whateley just raised on SEN, Talor Byrne goes fractionally left in his last second-kick against Collingwood earlier this year. Of course neither of these moments should be called play on. Neither of them seek to gain an advantage. But Watson is called play on and Byrne’s kick stands$

Ok, this is the last one. As Gerard Whateley just raised on SEN, Talor Byrne goes fractionally left in his last second-kick against Collingwood earlier this year. Of course neither of these moments should be called play on. Neither of them seek to gain an advantage. But Watson is called play on and Byrne’s kick stands

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You would think Rayner would be a good candidate for a staging fine for this one

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The vanishing 30 seconds in the St Kilda Giants game in a weekend of timekeeping confusion. Where did it go? Hall kicks the goal with 33 seconds left, time goes to double zeroes, the half time siren sounds immediately at the next centre bounce 👇

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Just a fair dinkum unbelievable game of footy even if the Cats don’t get the chocolates in an Easter Monday epic

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Here is the Keys slo mo. Even at its closest point there is a gap between point post and ball #afl

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Mihocek pushes Vlastuin into the pack of oncoming players but is it a fine or even suspension? He does look back at the ball afterwards but the AFL would have to believe he could reasonably foresee that Vlastuin might be injured with his push

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How about the pressure test on the new stand rule? 50m penalty or play on? Just good common sense umpiring for me on a night where the Lions got the rub of the green with the Rayner advantage, Artie Jones stand rule 50m

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Oh boy. Powell-Pepper has the chance to tackle. He plants his feet and knocks his opponent into next week. Ignores everything the AFL is asking players to consider about duty of care

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Yes to Big Ange. Unfortunately no to a big MCG crowd. They can sniff a friendly at a thousand paces #tottenham

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This incident from Mitch Duncan which concussed Hall was deemed “not unreasonable in the circumstances”. Duncan had no case to answer. Clearly not a perfect comparison from 2021 but an indication the MRO still considers “football accidents”

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This is the vision of Ben Camporeale’s incident. He got a four week ban for rough conduct. He pushed Dev Robertson into the contest against his teammate. Fairly unusual. Vision from the AFL website stream. He can take it to the tribunal to contest

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Isaac Heeney might just be out of the Brownlow Medal race. Under rules brought in this summer, high fends like this must be judged as intentional. This drew blood from Webster’s nose. Hard to see how they don’t judge it as intentional, low impact, high and a week. Fox Footy

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Port Adelaide will say it was shoulder to shoulder contact & might end up arguing it at the tribunal but hard to see how the tribunal doesn’t assess Houston’s hit on Rankine as severe force rough conduct. Three weeks plus and direct to the tribunal. Can’t accept that in the game

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Every year you walk away thinking it’s the best stadium to watch footy at in Australia. Then you get Anzac Day at the MCG in two weeks. We are spoiled for choice Fox Footy #brownyfanclub

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“That’s one’s tomorrow. You usually call after 12 you get on.” Matty Hill is a big fan of Dwayne Russell’s SEN radio show

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A one week ban for Jordan Boyd for this hit on Mansell. Did Mansell contribute to the hit by ducking into it or was he just covering up as Boyd came in at a rate of knots. Blues might have a think about taking it to the tribunal Fox Footy

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Just incredible scenes on the 18th with the Rory effect in full swing. And huge crowds following Scott, Smith, Min Woo. Never seen anything like it Australian Open

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Melbourne Storm. Never say die. Just insanely good for the win #NRL

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Golf terrible. Company good. Spectators ambivalent #standrewsbeach

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Luke Beveridge confirms on AFL360 a new deal isn’t far away. The Dogs have the bye in two weeks. Says the club hasn’t talked terms and tenure but it is now heading in the direction of a mid season extension for the premiership coach Fox Footy

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You would think Rayner would be a good candidate for a staging fine for this one

The vanishing 30 seconds in the St Kilda Giants game in a weekend of timekeeping confusion. Where did it go? Hall kicks the goal with 33 seconds left, time goes to double zeroes, the half time siren sounds immediately at the next centre bounce 👇

Just a fair dinkum unbelievable game of footy even if the Cats don’t get the chocolates in an Easter Monday epic

Here is the Keys slo mo. Even at its closest point there is a gap between point post and ball #afl

Mihocek pushes Vlastuin into the pack of oncoming players but is it a fine or even suspension? He does look back at the ball afterwards but the AFL would have to believe he could reasonably foresee that Vlastuin might be injured with his push

How about the pressure test on the new stand rule? 50m penalty or play on? Just good common sense umpiring for me on a night where the Lions got the rub of the green with the Rayner advantage, Artie Jones stand rule 50m

Oh boy. Powell-Pepper has the chance to tackle. He plants his feet and knocks his opponent into next week. Ignores everything the AFL is asking players to consider about duty of care

Yes to Big Ange. Unfortunately no to a big MCG crowd. They can sniff a friendly at a thousand paces #tottenham

This incident from Mitch Duncan which concussed Hall was deemed “not unreasonable in the circumstances”. Duncan had no case to answer. Clearly not a perfect comparison from 2021 but an indication the MRO still considers “football accidents”

This is the vision of Ben Camporeale’s incident. He got a four week ban for rough conduct. He pushed Dev Robertson into the contest against his teammate. Fairly unusual. Vision from the AFL website stream. He can take it to the tribunal to contest

Isaac Heeney might just be out of the Brownlow Medal race. Under rules brought in this summer, high fends like this must be judged as intentional. This drew blood from Webster’s nose. Hard to see how they don’t judge it as intentional, low impact, high and a week. Fox Footy

Port Adelaide will say it was shoulder to shoulder contact &amp; might end up arguing it at the tribunal but hard to see how the tribunal doesn’t assess Houston’s hit on Rankine as severe force rough conduct. Three weeks plus and direct to the tribunal. Can’t accept that in the game

Every year you walk away thinking it’s the best stadium to watch footy at in Australia. Then you get Anzac Day at the MCG in two weeks. We are spoiled for choice Fox Footy #brownyfanclub

“That’s one’s tomorrow. You usually call after 12 you get on.” Matty Hill is a big fan of Dwayne Russell’s SEN radio show

A one week ban for Jordan Boyd for this hit on Mansell. Did Mansell contribute to the hit by ducking into it or was he just covering up as Boyd came in at a rate of knots. Blues might have a think about taking it to the tribunal Fox Footy

Just incredible scenes on the 18th with the Rory effect in full swing. And huge crowds following Scott, Smith, Min Woo. Never seen anything like it Australian Open

Melbourne Storm. Never say die. Just insanely good for the win #NRL

Golf terrible. Company good. Spectators ambivalent #standrewsbeach

Luke Beveridge confirms on AFL360 a new deal isn’t far away. The Dogs have the bye in two weeks. Says the club hasn’t talked terms and tenure but it is now heading in the direction of a mid season extension for the premiership coach Fox Footy

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The Paris closing ceremony is unfolding with the Aussie athletes basking in the glory of Raygun’s heroics in the lead in. Got to love the way they have got around her

Here is Corbin Middlemas on Midweek Tackle leading into round 1 on the worrying numbers for juniors in western Sydney and the AFL plan approved for growth. No one believed it would be easy but it might take generations

TDK gets his name on the No.12 locker after 100 games. The whole De Koning clan is here (and sledging him). A surreal moment after playing what is now expected to be his last game for the Blues. Brad Lloyd also given a send off by Jacob Weitering Fox Footy

The bravest goal umpire in the world. It cleared the padding. The replay shows daylight between the post and the ball. Snicko didn’t work. If he had reviewed it you could easily make a case the ARC would have called it a goal. Adelaide will believe they should have won #afl

The AFL has confirmed the Judd McVee third umpire overrule was an error and that both clubs have been contacted to concede the mistake. The Demons were only 15 points down at this stage. McVee clearly touched the ball, AFL ARC over ruled the behind call and called it a goal

How does new AFL footy boss Greg Swann simplify holding the ball? Hall and co. do such a good job tackling Long and don’t get rewarded for holding the ball then the Pies get a free kick only moments later with absolutely no prior opportunity. Mystifying

Here is the passage of play. The AFL says the umpires should have stopped play when Daicos gets the ball. But didn’t see Schultz concussed

Frankston VFL fans weren’t thrilled by the Pies stars getting off the ground very quickly escorted by security guards post match but given the fans are allowed on the ground at times and it was late on a Saturday night it was forward planning by Collingwood. Both pulled up well

The flex from Dimma. His first elimination final victory as a coach despite three flags. This is a victory for everyone who has been “stomped on and forgotten” at the Suns in a long 15 year journey to a finals victory 👇

The AFL has confirmed there’s no communication from the coaches box to umpires during play. The ump said “I just got word” but it would have been from another field umpire. Konstanty kicked the ball away, not a Dons player. Dons should have eventually got the free kick Fox Footy

A pretty innocuous incident for Jagga Smith. Horrible. Why can’t the Blues replace him with a rookie? Same with Moniz Wakefield if Dees fears are confirmed? Last week is a fairly arbitrary deadline for summer rookie elevations. Here is the Jay Clark story on his ACL tear👇

“He has had a cold top and now he has de-greened it.” Elvis Smylie is a freak. Golf reminding him it is undefeated for sporting cruelty

The AFL has released more footage to clubs on what it believes constitutes dangerous tackles. Yes, it comes with a distressing footage warning and no sound. It’s basically the ones which resulted in suspensions this year

Port Adelaide will say it was shoulder to shoulder contact & might end up arguing it at the tribunal but hard to see how the tribunal doesn’t assess Houston’s hit on Rankine as severe force rough conduct. Three weeks plus and direct to the tribunal. Can’t accept that in the game