US EditionMcGuire calls for taunting rule
- Following a confrontation at Mars Stadium in Ballarat in 2024, Port Adelaide's Willie Rioli privately warned a Western Bulldogs player, leading to an investigation but no AFL sanctions.
- The message implied danger for Bailey Dale during the Bulldogs' upcoming visit to Darwin, and Rioli later apologised, leading to an AFL investigation with no sanction.
- Further accusations emerged alleging Rioli made serious threats directed at opponents from both Geelong and Essendon, intensifying concerns about the AFL's approach to enforcing standards of player conduct.
- David Koch, Port Adelaide chair, declared the club was "incredibly angry" with Rioli and distinguished on-field comments from off-field actions, while AFL figures criticized the league’s perceived leniency.
- The incident sparked debate about consistency in disciplinary measures, highlighting challenges in policing threats and taunts within community expectations and calls for clearer AFL rules.
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The AgeIn failing to sanction Rioli, the AFL is flipping players the bird
Though the AFL has happily fined players for giving the finger this year in pantomime moments of by-play, it decided against fining Willie Rioli for allegations of a post-match threat. They choose their moments to be offended most at Docklands.
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‘Straight-up suspension’: Why AFL would’ve banned Rioli for text threat in ‘different circumstance’
AFL 360 host Gerard Whateley believes “in a different circumstance”, Port Adelaide forward Willie Rioli would have been suspended for his threatening message to a Western Bulldogs player about Bailey Dale.
·Australia
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