Magpie Ben Reid after copping an off-the-ball bump by Lindsay Thomas. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun
COLLINGWOOD will change its approach to the bump, following a shift in AFL policy on accidental head clashes.
AFL match review panel chairman Mark Fraser revealed this week players will not be suspended for accidental head clashes.
North Melbourne's Lindsay Thomas was cleared for his heavy bump on Collingwood's Ben Reid, despite the fact that Reid was concussed in a head clash.
While coach Nathan Buckley did not want to add to a war of words over the incident, he said he would instruct his players to alter their techniques.
"The lines are not blurred, they have shifted and moved," Buckley said yesterday.
"I will be coaching Ben Reid to be prepared for that contact where it hasn't been coming in the last four or five years.
"And I will be coaching Nick Maxwell to take advantage of those situations and to be more physical in those contests."
Buckley was referring to Maxwell's claim yesterday that he warned North Melbourne midfielder Daniel Wells that he was going to bump him last week.
"Our captain told of a situation on Sunday where he became conscious of what would have been an opportunity in the past to really split an opposition player down the middle," Buckley said.
"But he actually notified him he was about to cannon into him.
"He said that he got his head out of the way and got really low, and you can see in the vision that he actually hits him fairly solid.
"(With) that same circumstance now, potentially ... 'Maxy' can go through the contest as hard as he likes and the ramifications are irrelevant as long as he stays on the ground and his shoulder doesn't make contact with the head."
Buckley said Reid, who is expected to play this week against Carlton, "had a touch of the Koschitzkes about him", referring to St Kilda's Justin Koschitzke, who has had a number of head clashes with opponents and teammates.
"People always want to talk about coaches and how they don't care for the future of the game ... (but) we do absolutely," Buckley said.
"But we are pawns, we are players in a game where other people are making the rules. So you make the rules and we will coach around them.
"I'm told that the instigating player is not responsible for the head clash.
"Brad (Scott) said after the game that head clashes do happen and yes they do. But it depends on what the legislation is and right now we have got a very clear example of what is acceptable in the game."
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