Red card on AFL agenda

THE AFL is looking at introducing a red card rule, despite the misgivings of chief executive Gillon McLachlan.

One of the many ramifications from Andrew Gaff’s punch on Andrew Brayshaw in the round 20 Western Derby is that it renewed calls for a send off rule in the league.

McLachlan remains unconvinced but it is on the AFL football department’s agenda in the post-season review of the tribunal system.

Punching, head-high contact in bumps, umpire contact and the use of boot studs, highlighted by GWS’s Toby Greene, are other review topics.