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Naughton offered fine by MRO
Western Bulldogs forward Aaron Naughton has been offered a $2000 fine by the AFL Match Review Officer for striking West Coast’s Will Schofield.
Naughton was reported for the strike during the fourth quarter of the Bulldogs’ loss to the Eagles in Perth, with the incident assessed as intentional conduct with low impact and body contact.
The incident was classified as a $3000 sanction as a first offence, with Naughton able to accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.
Fair enough. Was a bit silly but would have been stiff to get a suspension on this season's precedent.
He's made out like a bandit. Accept the fine
Stratton sent straight to tribunal on two charges, serious misconduct, stomping Shaun McKernan in final quarter of last night's loss.
Also fined $1000 for flipping the bird. Go Hawks :D
Crowley got a $1200 fine in 2013 for pinching Boomer Harvey. I'd have thought at least that was due as well.
Ignore me, my bad, I've misread your post. He's been cited for the pinching, rather than the straight up fine. I was reading some media on the Crowley pinching case, Boomer Harvey said he was pinched more than 300 times. Stratton's lawyer will no doubt say it's better than the Crowley case which was $1,200. What's going to be interesting is whether the AFEL have moved since 2013 as to the public relations side of things and come down like a tonne of bricks. That's more interesting for mine.
He'll get a week and be made an example of.
Stratton also has a stomping charge which I haven't seen the footage of. If there was something you'd get suspended for, that would be the one.
Stomping was on Jenkins foot. Was a child like reaction to Jenkins accidentally standing on Stratons foot.
LIbba (Tony) got 3 weeks for pinching. I don't expect the same standard to apply to players from other clubs though.
This video review just show that Christian has no idea on what he is doing. My main gripe is Ben Brown and his non strike on Buntine. I would have though a fine for rough conduct would have been the call.
Just listen to Christian excuse for the let off is sending the wrong message to the world of AFL who goes to spoil the ball with their elbow?
I would have let him off if he hit him with his fist that would seem more plausible.
I just wonder if one of our guys did the same thing what the penalty would have been and not someone who is in the running for the Coleman.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-06-...o-in-the-clear
Stratton - two week penalty. Very light in my opinion. The stomping charge was worth at least 2
This is just utter bull shit. Really getting sick of the AFL - it is being spoilt by morons at HQ
This is just a free kick nothing more nothing less.Quote:
Tim English, Western Bulldogs has been charged with Striking Jack Crisp, Collingwood, during the second quarter of the Round 14 match between the Western Bulldogs and Collingwood, played at Marvel Stadium on Sunday June 23.
In summary he can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.
Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Careless Conduct with Low Impact and High Contact. The incident was classified as a $3000 sanction as a first offence. The player can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.
Couldn’t agree more. Pay a 50 metre penalty.
The AFLPA really needs to take a stand on these fines by Christian and Hocking for what really is just a reasonable attempt by a player to make a contest.
If the player doesn’t contest it with some level of desperation he will get called out for it in his Monday review with his line coach.
To be fair they have only ever had a vague connection to reality. It comes from running the Biggest Show in Town with no real competition from any other sport or entertainment. They think they are geniuses when in actual fact they are very, very lucky. The AFL has always just been a Boy's Club.
Michael Christian must be kidding, was Bont supposed to dive out of the way of the oncoming Haynes? Bont had pretty much come to a stop when the impact occured.
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Marcus Bontempelli, Western Bulldogs, has been charged with engaging in Rough Conduct against Nick Haynes, GWS GIANTS, during the second quarter of the Round 22 match between the GWS GIANTS and Western Bulldogs, played at GIANTS Stadium on Sunday August 18.
In summary he can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.
Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Careless Conduct, Low Impact and High Contact. The incident was classified as a $3000 sanction as a first offence. The player can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.
Clearly Christian is short for his end of season trip and needed to come up with cash quick. There's standover men in Melbourne who wouldn't try to extort cash like that. If that's $2,000 I guess players are going back to playing for the live of the game because there's going to be no money when routine free kicks cost $3,000 into $2,000.
He knew he was going to contact hard and made that choice. He could have certainly lessened the impact but choose not to. I think it was intentional he wanted to hurt him no doubt, Bont was seeing red a bit at that stage of the match. I imagine if one of our blokes was hit like that we'd be wanting it looked at pretty closely too.
$2000 well worth it (easy for me to say when its not my cash!!).
I actually think the bump and show of physicality had some impact on the contest, and the feeling that came into the game worked for us.
"GWS Nick Haynes might have a fractured larynx.."
Bont may be lucky to get away with a fine.
Bont still a Brownlow chance after quirk of MRO timing
A QUIRK of timing has saved Marcus Bontempelli's Brownlow hopes and his chances of potentially featuring in the AFL finals.
Bontempelli was only fined $2000 from the Match Review this week after his late bump on Nick Haynes during Sunday's victory over the Giants was classified as 'low' impact.
However, it has since been revealed that Haynes – who was struggling to breathe in the immediate aftermath of the blow – sustained a rare fracture to his cricoid (a ring-shaped cartilage around his windpipe) as a result.
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Nick Haynes is set to miss multiple weeks with a fractured larynx after this clash with Marcus Bontempelli.
The Bont was offered a $2000 fine by the MRO yesterday. Details: https://afl.to/2NjL28w
It means the important defender – who is a Virgin Australia AFL All Australian candidate – could miss up to four weeks, putting his own chances of appearing in the club's upcoming finals campaign in doubt.
AFL.com.au understands Haynes had undergone scans in the early afternoon on Monday and was preparing to meet with specialists at the time the Giants were required to submit their medical report to the AFL.
Not yet knowing the full extent of the injury, it left Match Review Officer (MRO) Michael Christian with little evidence to determine the impact of the blow by the time he was required to hand down his findings.
It also meant the Giants were left with no opportunity to present more information to the AFL on Haynes' injury.
Giants officials have subsequently expressed their disappointment in the process to the AFL.
However, in a statement released on Tuesday, an AFL spokesperson said: "The Match Review Officer can only adjudicate based on the available evidence at the time."
Had the extent of Haynes' injury been known at the time of the MRO's decision, the bump almost certainly would have been assessed as either 'high' or 'severe' impact.
That would have left Bontempelli staring at either an automatic two-match suspension or a direct referral to the AFL Tribunal, which would have more than likely been advised to hand down a ban of three or more matches.
Without the relevant knowledge at the time of his decision, Christian was forced to use the fact that Haynes only spent a small amount of time on the bench – before playing out the game – as evidence to suggest 'low' impact.
However, the incident occurred with just one minute remaining in the first half, with Giants medics understood to have tended to Haynes throughout the 20-minute interval.
The Giants do not believe that was taken into consideration by the MRO.
Haynes crouches near the interchange bench after the collision. Picture: Channel Seven
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Speaking on Tuesday, Giants footy boss Wayne Campbell also revealed that Haynes' inability to breathe properly continued after the final siren.
"It was a very rare one – our doctors haven't seen one before," Campbell said.
"He managed to see out the game … he couldn't breathe at the end of the game, but the doctors did the right thing by him after that. Disappointingly, he'll miss this week."
Haynes returned to the field after the main break, playing the entirety of the second half of the contest and finishing with 26 disposals and nine marks in defence.
"There was certainly consideration to ('medium' impact)," Christian had told AFL.com.au on Monday.
"He did come out onto the ground after half-time and played out the second half, so that was certainly a contributing factor in terms of that determination."
Christian did use the medical report to determine that Haynes had been struck in the throat as a result of the bump. That led him to assessing the contact grading as 'high'.
Where the AFL can appeal decisions made at the AFL Tribunal based on the fact it is an independent body, it cannot appeal the decisions made by the MRO.
This is due to the MRO being an AFL-endorsed decision-maker, meaning there is no action that either the League or the Giants can take following Haynes' scan results.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-...-of-mro-timing
Looks like Haynes will miss the first week of finals?
It was a hard hit Bont is lucky he took the fine.
Bont is lucky but the fact is that in general, the injury sustained shouldn't be the main criteria used to determine severity. It should be the potential to cause serious injury, regardless of whether or not someone is seriously injured.