It’s time to stop pretending in Australia in the twenty-first century that an assault on the football field is anything other than a criminal act. No, I’m not speaking about a bone-crunching tackle in the spirit of the game but a deliberate act of violence that has nothing to do with going for the ball or tackling an opponent.
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