AFL Game Day R18 2019

Round 18

Date Fixture Venue Broadcast* Time

Fri, Jul 19 Adelaide Crows vs Essendon Adelaide Oval Seven & Fox 7:50pm

Sat, Jul 20 Richmond vs Port Adelaide MCG Fox 1:45pm
Sat, Jul 20 Carlton vs Gold Coast Suns Marvel Stadium Fox 2:10pm
Sat, Jul 20 GWS Giants vs Collingwood Sydney Showground Stadium Fox 4:35pm
Sat, Jul 20 Brisbane Lions vs North Melbourne The Gabba Seven & Fox 7:25pm
Sat, Jul 20 Fremantle vs Sydney Swans Optus Stadium Fox 8:10pm

Sun, Jul 21 Geelong Cats vs Hawthorn MCG Fox 1:10pm
Sun, Jul 21 Melbourne vs West Coast Eagles TIO Traeger Park Seven & Fox 3:20pm
Sun, Jul 21 St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium Fox 4:40pm

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Just watched a quarter of Port V Richmond. Lynch missing goals from 35 out, straight. Going well for him.
Port wearing a hue of grey designed to put the opposition off their game. Worst away jumper in the AFL.
Ordinary game, confident we can thrash both of these outfits on our day.

Gee Adelaide are flat track bullies
No laughing in the box this week

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Originally Posted by Remi Moses

Gee Adelaide are flat track bullies
No laughing in the box this week

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15 points won't help. Richmond band wagon cranking up. Get your ear plugs.

There’s one team that can stop Richmond :cool:

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Originally Posted by Remi Moses

There’s one team that can stop Richmond :cool:

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Bring 'em on. We'll take them down.

That umpiring decision may be the difference between Rhyce Shaw keeping the job and losing it. Terrible decision with a minute left. Still, it happened to Scott Thompson so not all bad.

Just listened to the last few minutes of Lions v North.

Were the two frees to the Lions which resulted in the winning margin justified?

First one was a joke second one was there.

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Originally Posted by 1eyedog

That umpiring decision may be the difference between Rhyce Shaw keeping the job and losing it. Terrible decision with a minute left. Still, it happened to Scott Thompson so not all bad.

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If only Brad Scott was in coaches box! His reaction would’ve been priceless.

Another close one. Scores tied up in the West.

Lobb's just done is elbow.

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Originally Posted by 1eyedog

Lobb's just done is elbow.

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Elbow or shoulder? What a pity for next week.

Hamling was good.

Not sure. Yeah it's a shame for him.

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Originally Posted by 1eyedog

Not sure. Yeah it's a shame for him.

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Yeah real shame for next week. Hope Fyfe is still out too.

Swans team now are a shadow of their sides of recent seasons.

That body slam on Neal in the 1Qtr is reportable or Lions fans should riot.
Faux tough teams like North and Port are crap. Play the game.
Luke Darcy goes on and on and ON about how much Jack Z loves body contact and it's extremely annoying.
Lions are a great side to watch, massive heart.
North Lose, Scott Thompson is the culprit, all is well.

It was interesting to see how the umpiring had such an effect in the last couple of minutes of both games tonight but for different reasons. For Bris v Nth it was paying a free kick that frankly wasn't there (McInerney) and for Freo v Syd it was not paying a free kick that definitely was there (htb free at centre half forward for Syd).

Still glad Bris won as I genuinely enjoy watching them play other teams and hope they do well come finals time if we don't make it.

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Originally Posted by Dry Rot

Yeah real shame for next week. Hope Fyfe is still out too.

Swans team now are a shadow of their sides of recent seasons.

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Great isn't it. I mean I like the Swans we beat them in the Granny but yeah, time to suffer for a while.

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Originally Posted by 1eyedog

Great isn't it. I mean I like the Swans we beat them in the Granny but yeah, time to suffer for a while.

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But they're just rebuilding now, so it's fine. I mean they were so great that they almost won a premiership when we did, without any special assistance over time from the AFL, but at least now they get to rebuild without any scrutiny on them.

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Originally Posted by Ghost Dog

That body slam on Neal in the 1Qtr is reportable or Lions fans should riot.
Faux tough teams like North and Port are crap. Play the game.
Luke Darcy goes on and on and ON about how much Jack Z loves body contact and it's extremely annoying.
Lions are a great side to watch, massive heart.
North Lose, Scott Thompson is the culprit, all is well.

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Ziebell is nothing but a coward. I still haven't forgiven him taking Cloke out from behind in 2017. He could of killed the guy (Kidneys anyone?) and the AFL meeja are *!*!*!*!ing lionizing the guy?


My personal opinion is he is exactly the type of sniper we should be running out of the game.

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Originally Posted by divvydan

It was interesting to see how the umpiring had such an effect in the last couple of minutes of both games tonight but for different reasons. For Bris v Nth it was paying a free kick that frankly wasn't there (McInerney) and for Freo v Syd it was not paying a free kick that definitely was there (htb free at centre half forward for Syd).

Still glad Bris won as I genuinely enjoy watching them play other teams and hope they do well come finals time if we don't make it.

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That McInerney free was rubbish...but then so was the one against him 3 minutes earlier for a ruck infringement against Brown which directly resulted in a goal to put North ahead.

North get plenty looked after by the umpires, it's good to see one actually go against them for once.

Brown is one of the premier floppers in the AFL so it's hilarious that North lost due to another player flopping.

AFL team of the week. Hamling Fullback, Liam Jones CHB.

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Originally Posted by The Underdog

That McInerney free was rubbish

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Yeah, well.

Those are paid sometimes - the hands in the back rule (well, the removal thereof) has created more confusion in the interpretation of the game for the umpires.

I think the umpires are battling right now. You could mount an argument that the ridiculous holding free-kick Essendon received with 3 or 4 minutes to go really snuffed out any chance of an Adelaide revival as well...

I don't accept the AFL medias continued assertions that the game is too complex and the most difficult to officiate in the world. It isn't. Pay the obvious free kicks - holding the man, holding the ball, high contact, in the back, throw/incorrect disposal, deliberate out of bounds....oh - and late contact = 50m penalty - and let everything else go (particularly ruck infringements). If the umpires weren't so determined to show off their knowledge of the rules and demonstrate that they see 'everything' then so much of the frustration in the game would simply disappear.

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Originally Posted by bornadog

AFL team of the week. Hamling Fullback, Liam Jones CHB.

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Jones has really turned his career around, good on him.
I don't have any lingering animosity towards either guy.
Hamling was a DFA, won us a flag then netted us a late second round pick. That's as perfect trading as you can hope for.

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Originally Posted by mjp

Yeah, well.

Those are paid sometimes - the hands in the back rule (well, the removal thereof) has created more confusion in the interpretation of the game for the umpires.

I think the umpires are battling right now. You could mount an argument that the ridiculous holding free-kick Essendon received with 3 or 4 minutes to go really snuffed out any chance of an Adelaide revival as well...

I don't accept the AFL medias continued assertions that the game is too complex and the most difficult to officiate in the world. It isn't. Pay the obvious free kicks - holding the man, holding the ball, high contact, in the back, throw/incorrect disposal, deliberate out of bounds....oh - and late contact = 50m penalty - and let everything else go (particularly ruck infringements). If the umpires weren't so determined to show off their knowledge of the rules and demonstrate that they see 'everything' then so much of the frustration in the game would simply disappear.

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I agree, they pay too many technical free kicks. The players aren't robots and perfect when they jump for the ball. The chopping of the arms is a good example. Of course you will bump into the players arms if you are both flying for the ball. The chopping of the arms was originally introduced, when full backs blatantly did a chopping action on the arms and weren't really going for the ball.

Let's get back to basics.

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Originally Posted by bornadog

I agree, they pay too many technical free kicks. The players aren't robots and perfect when they jump for the ball. The chopping of the arms is a good example. Of course you will bump into the players arms if you are both flying for the ball. The chopping of the arms was originally introduced, when full backs blatantly did a chopping action on the arms and weren't really going for the ball.

Let's get back to basics.

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Changing the rules and the interpretation of the rules each year can't help with continuity. AFL football is so quick these days umpires makes calls on instinct as much as players make decisions on instinct.

I know they're now on bikes absolutely gassed at training making decisions on the big screen to try and prepare but in game experience is vital and these days they get 25 games max of experience before they have to re-learn those instincts.

What chance do we have when 5 St Kilda players are allowed to rough up Aaron Naughton and throw him to the ground, with an umpire watching the whole thing and no free kick be paid. The ball was 75m away. How is that not a free kick? Why weren't players fined and/or suspended like our players where when they attacked Gardiner at the last game at Whitten Oval.

And then they pay soft free kicks like the ones to Ben Brown and the Big O in Brisbane on Saturday night.

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Originally Posted by Flamethrower

What chance do we have when 5 St Kilda players are allowed to rough up Aaron Naughton and throw him to the ground, with an umpire watching the whole thing and no free kick be paid. The ball was 75m away. How is that not a free kick? Why weren't players fined and/or suspended like our players where when they attacked Gardiner at the last game at Whitten Oval.

And then they pay soft free kicks like the ones to Ben Brown and the Big O in Brisbane on Saturday night.

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They get them because they flop around like a fish out of water. Simple.