Saint dubs slide rule a harsh measure

Nick Dal Santo says he has not seen the Lenny Hayes incident, but his views have not changed. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

ST KILDA midfielder Nick Dal Santo doesn't like the AFL's new slide rule.

And that was even before his teammate Lenny Hayes was penalised for making contact with the legs of Gold Coast's Jared Brennan while pouncing on a loose ball during Saturday night's loss to the Suns.

The Hayes decision caused a storm on Twitter with former Saint Steven Baker tweeting: "The sliding into the legs rule makes me not want to watch footy."

Dal Santo said he had not seen the incident, but his views had not changed.

"I made a couple of comments last week on The Footy Show about it, where I'm not a huge fan of the rule in general, that's not Lenny's one in particular," he said.

"I just didn't think that is needed to come in and be that harsh for a guy that's actually winning the football.

"I am all for player protection and obviously don't want any serious injuries, which happened a couple of times last year.

"I think it puts a bit of a grey area, particularly in player's minds and someone like Lenny, who goes extremely hard at it, your game does have to be altered a little bit just to be careful because you don't want to be giving away free kicks all the time."

The Saints must rebound from Saturday night's shock 13-point loss quickly as they face an in-form Richmond at the MCG on Friday night.

"I think our skills were pretty disappointing and obviously conversion kicking for goal wasn't up to scratch," Dal Santo said.

"I still think we've got some really good young kids coming through and I don't think the senior players necessarily have reached their peak.

"Obviously you've got guys like Nick Riewoldt and Lenny that's been around for quite a while and have done some fantastic things individually, but I still think everyone can improve."

Midfielder Leigh Montagna has served his one-match ban and will be available to tackle the Tigers, but Dal Santo was unsure if Sean Dempster (hamstring), Sam Fisher (foot) or Adam Schneider (hamstring) would play.

BRISBANE Lions hope defender Matt Maguire has not suffered a major injury to his leg.

Maguire, who is expected to have scans today, had complications in 2006 when he badly broke his leg while playing for St Kilda and was forced to have several operations.

He was subbed off in the third quarter of Saturday's game against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium.

The club said he was still sore yesterday.

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