Alwyn Davey earns a free kick after Brent Reilly crashes into his legs. Picture: Simon Cross Source: The Australian
ESSENDON forward Alwyn Davey admits he exaggerated contact with Brent Reilly in one of three sliding free kicks paid in Round 1 as the league clarified the rule ahead of this weekend's games.
Davey clearly deserved a free kick after his legs were taken out from under him by Reilly, who slid into the contest and made contact.
Yet critics of the AFL's sliding rule - and the crackdown on pushing players in the back - fear they could provide an incentive for players to milk borderline contact.
Davey told Essendon's Hangar TV show he made the most of the contact, aware Reilly would slide into the contest.
"I planted my feet and as soon as he hit my legs I sort of just went with the roll over,'' Davey said.
"We've been training the last two weeks with tackling and the sliding rule as well, so yeah, it's paying off.''
Umpires' boss Jeff Gieschen this week made clubs aware of the three free kicks paid for dangerous sliding in the first weekend of competition, making it clear coaches could clarify the rule with him.AFL spokesman Patrick Keane confirmed the move after a weekend when three of the 95 total free kicks were for sliding.
"He hasn't visited any clubs, what he did was posted some vision on the AFL extranet system of the three free kicks that were paid and why, and two examples of free kicks that weren't paid, and the difference between them. If anyone wanted to contact him, they were most welcome to,'' Keane said.
Gieschen said earlier in the week he was happy with the execution of the rule.
"The Reilly and Davey one resulted in a set shot for goal, and I think people get excited about that. But I think everybody who saw it knew that was exactly why the rule was brought in - to prevent players from electing to go to ground and crashing into the lower legs of their opponent.''
"We had two games, three free kicks, an average of 1.5 a game. It's not as though it's in gigantic proportions at the moment, and we think the players and the clubs have adapted really well.''
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