AFL ban on Chris Judd in league of its own

CHRIS Judd would have faced an eight-week ban for his "chicken-wing" tackle had he been playing rugby league.

CHRIS Judd would have faced an eight-week ban for his "chicken-wing" tackle had he been playing rugby league.

NRL match review committee chairman Greg McCallum said it would have been deemed a grade 5 dangerous contact charge, which attracts a 7-8 week ban.

"Putting pressure on a limb and taking it past the normal range of movement is always the key to those charges, which Chris Judd has done," McCallum said.

"In rugby league, 'chicken-wing' tackles are done to slow the play-the-ball. There is no play-the-ball in AFL, so you can only wonder what he was trying to do."

The NRL has had a colourful history with chicken-wing tackles, notably at Melbourne Storm.