AFL to crack down on bumps, niggles and studs next season

  • Commission tweaks match review and tribunal systems
  • New guidelines to come into effect in 2019

The bump is back on the endangered species list after the AFL Commission approved a range of tweaks to the match review and tribunal systems for 2019.

After years of being declared dead, the bump made a comeback last season in the first year under new match review officer Michael Christian. But at a meeting in Melbourne on Monday, the AFL approved a recommendation to enforce strict liability for forceful head clashes where a player elects to bump an opponent.

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