One thing that I’m noticing, the Bulldogs are getting away with blue murder with their wrestle/spoiling/slowing the ptb tactics.
Almost every single tackle they’re really pushing it to the boundary with wrestle, hands/feet tangled in the ruck, or even really late shoves/pressure - it’s like vintage Melbourne cheating.
They’re winning collisions, which helps with perception of being ‘in control’ to the ref, but they’re being allowed to push it too far, and it’s giving them a massive competitive advantage.