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Jake King departed AFL football in unique circumstances on the weekend.
Rather than being chaired off in his final match or doing a farewell lap of the ground, King, a spectator on the day, took himself down to the Richmond cheer squad at the Punt Road end of the MCG during the third quarter of the Richmond versus Greater Western Sydney game.
Not only did he say thankyou and farewell to the Richmond faithful, he signed off by skulling a plastic schooner of mid-strength beer, much to the delight of the crowd.
It conjured memories of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s efforts at an SCG Ashes Test (this will more than likely be the only time Jake King is compared to a Prime Minister).
King can’t help but make headlines for the beverages he drinks. First he was getting in trouble for having coffees with bikies and shady underworld figures, and now he’s signing off his AFL career necking beers at the footy.
Clash jumpers
Geelong showed simplicity is best when it comes to designing a clash jumper by inverting the colours of their traditional jumper for their away game against North Melbourne.
Instead of their usual white jumper with blue hoops and blue numbers, the Cats wore a predominantly blue jumper with white hoops and white numbers.
The little cat’s head in the hoops on the lower back of the jumper looks like a tramp stamp, but otherwise, as clash jumpers go, it was as good as it gets.
It was also refreshing to see the usual white shorts for the away team rule dispersed with in favour of producing two contrasting uniforms – Geelong was the ‘dark’ team with their mostly blue jumper complemented by blue shorts and blue socks with white hoops, while the home team North Melbourne was the ‘light’ team wearing white shorts with their predominantly white jumper.
It was the best use of common sense seen this year on the clash jumper issue.
Match Review Panel
Why does the AFL have rules against staging and the ability to fine and suspend players who stage if they are not going to punish Lindsay Thomas for his blatant dive during the North Melbourne versus Geelong game?
Yes there was a hand in his back and a push from James Kelly but Thomas reacted as if he’d been shot from a cannon. If this isn’t worthy of a hit to the hip pocket or a week off, what will it take to get a player suspended for staging?
It’s time to start doling out punishments or scrap the rule.
Daniel Merrett, who has form, did a clumsy, late spoil on Cameron Pederson, hitting him in the head and breaking his nose, and wasn’t suspended. Steve Johnson knees Scott Thompson with minimal force and is given a one-week ban, later overturned by the tribunal.
Where is the consistency? It is said the MRP don’t use precedent; why not? What would be wrong with comparing incidents and giving players the same suspension for the same misdemeanours?
Finally, what was Reece Conca thinking? It was as if he ran along the boundary line collecting umpires to witness his elbow to the head of Rhys Palmer in the Richmond versus GWS game.
What was also a strange sight was Conca with his jumper pulled up and midriff exposed, displaying a none too svelte figure.
Conca might want to work on his skinfolds before he next decides to engage in a rumble with an opponent.
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