You can ramble on about duty of care until the cows come home, it was a dynamic movement with two points of contact, as you stated it happens and there is potential for this to happen every ruck of which there are plenty every game. Of course there is always a duty of care, Don't shoulder charge to the head or tackle high, don't fly into a ruck with a leading shoulder all very controllable most of the time, as you know rucking is a core part of the game, if you don't challenge to slow opposition ball or secure your own it's going to be a tough day at the office, calling duty of care doesn't suddenly enable the player to predict the freak event of a players head being in an awkward position or give him the ability to defy natural movement and pull out mid way though a dynamic movement. Really need to accept that applying a phrase doesn't change the physical reality of things. This isn't to say I'm unsympathetic toward Ahern I am it was horrible unfortunate and really wish him a speedy recovery.
The more I think about it the more the commentary boils my ****, he felt contact so should have stopped (with limbs all over the shop why would he assume it's with the head), you can't just stop a dynamic movement it easy to say when you put it clip by clip in slow it happened so quickly, to play judge, jury and executioner in the manor does a disservice to the sport and those that play it, I expect better from those that have plaid the sport, id put money on them having a different view were it the other way around.
