I'm not condoning this but its a part of the national game that stops fights from happening in the first place. If you want to give lip or disrespect someone on the feild, you'll start a fight so aus players just play footy instead of phsycing eachother, which might work in England or Ireland, but in australia, you reep what you sew. He'd never of taken mason on if he knew he was going to actually start throwing em (big willie mason's about 7 foot, 125 kilos )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYc0mT9aSAk&NR
slow motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR4N9...elated&search=
international rules (these blokes are just idiots anyway)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIGREZw4Sr4
