Michael Christian

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245 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2 Jun

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Whateley · Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (02.06.26) · 2 Jun 2026 podcast

Look, the tribunal ruled that the circumstances were outside John Noble's control because I think the Essendon player was Edwards, that he had slipped just before contact was made and that the tribunal viewed that as circumstances outside John Noble's control.

Look, I had a view that there was an election to bump and high contact was made, but obviously respect what the tribunal, what decision they came to, and can certainly understand how they arrived at that decision.

Thanks very much, Jared.

just passed and it will be 50 his fastest ever in the IPL for King Corley on the biggest stage with a wonderful record in finals that's it he finishes off in style with a six it's back-to-back titles for RCB

Whateley · Michael Christian - Mid-season review | AFL Match Review Officer (02.06.26) · 2 Jun 2026 podcast

This is your town.

This is your station.

This is Whateley.

Well, that's a good opening question.

Look, dare I say it, and I hate saying this because I know what's going to happen as soon as I say it, it's been pretty quiet.

Yeah, it has.

There's been a number of incidents, of course, across the year, but I suppose the biggest thing is, Gerard, the tackling and the number of suspensions that certainly this year, but even last year, we...

We suspended 32 players in 2023 when we made the decision to really, and for the betterment of the health of players, to try and crack down on dangerous tackles.

And as I said, 32 suspensions in 2023.

There were 10 in 2024, four last year and three so far this year.

And I think anyone that watches the game knows

and watches a lot of football, will certainly notice that it's changed players' behaviour in this regard.

And it's certainly been, I think, a major positive for the health of players going forward.

So I think that, you know,

You never win a battle, but I think what we've been able to do in that area is certainly change players' behaviour.

When you think about the fact that there's around 26,000 tackles a year, to have last year only four suspensions is quite remarkable.

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