On Triple M's Marty Sheargold show Nick Riewoldt gave his opinion on the Dylan Shiel-Luke Parker altercation last Saturday night.
No Essendon players came in to protect their teammate from taunts in the middle of the ground, and Riewoldt thinks you need to make a stand in those instances despite the game being all but over.
“You’d get straight over and you’d remonstrate.”