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Can find the footage of the Cordy incident at that link. It's about a minute into the video.
I would challenge the suspension, but with the defence we have mounted for Redpath last year and Katie Brennan as a guide, it would be just an embarrassment.
Cordy didn't even throw a punch. It was just an intended bump that Hooker created by running into the contact. He then went down looking for an undeserved free from a slight glancing blow with Zaine's upper arm.
Both pissweak and stupid. That it was well off the ball probably inflates their interest in looking at it too. We all want to smash Hooker but just bloody pointless Zaine.
Silly boy, take the week and move on.
Surely a fine is sufficient in the Cordy case, oh no hang on the fines are only for Collingwood players and suspensions are for everyone else. This bloke (Michael Christian) must be held to account by somebody.
If you compare the incident of Rance on Bruest, where a fine has been offered, Zaine is harshly treated.
Rance and Scott Thompson had basically the exact same situation this week and got a fine. The argument made by the MRP for being different to Cordy is that they were attempting to spoil and thus it's not an intentional act (hitting the player) whereas Cordy's act was off the ball and therefore intentional.
If you slow it down, Cordy tries to bump him across the upper arm, and Hooker puts his head down, he barely gets hit and then acts as if his lights are punched out by falling down and then bobs up quick as a flash.
Dumb by Cordy, but fair decision. More concerned though as why Hooker isn't charged with his follow up punch on Cordy - looked way worse
That stuff is what think should be dealt with more frequently in this manner. However, I don't believe he punched him? The moire should have paid a free kick down field. That's it.
If the act is is the realms of actions performed in of football, bumping, spoiling, marking, tackling etc it should rarely draw a suspension unless it is unreasonably or intentionally late, high or both. That pretty much means weeks for all the bullshit niggling and jumper punches etc. More emphasis should be placed on the field umpires to issue a report too. Video footage, out of context and slowed down feels unfair in some instances.
The alternative thing I would do is introduce a third man in rule, and lessen the penalty for retaliation. IE Hooker jumper punches me in a push and shove, he'll get one week. I punch his brains out through his ears, no penalty. Anyone one else runs in, 2 weeks. Nothing is as effective a deterrent as the threat of a punch in the face.
Reads article ... rubs eyes ... reads article again.
Good to see our new judge, jury and executioner taking the new gig in his stride.
The game's in good hands.
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Michael Christian Sorry For Amateur Umpire Approach
MATCH Review Officer Michael Christian has apologised for approaching an umpire during an amateur women's game in which his daughter was playing, to raise concerns about sling tackles.
Christian criticised umpire Adrian Fisher for failing to award free kicks against sling tackles during the half-time break at a match between Old Brighton and Old Scotch on Sunday.
Fisher told Fairfax radio on Tuesday his exchange with Christian was not heated, but he felt the League official's actions had been inappropriate.
Christian said he had tried to call Fisher to apologise and had informed AFL football operations boss Steve Hocking of the incident.
"I spoke to the AFL today, to Steve Hocking, to confirm this had occurred," Christian said.
"Steve clearly outlined the AFL's position to me, that this should not have happened by any person, particularly not someone in a senior official role in the game."
An AFL spokesman confirmed Hocking had directed Christian to apologise to Fisher and the women's league.
Western Bulldogs have accepted Zaine Cordy’s one-game sanction for striking & will miss Saturday's clash
I can imagine the conversation: That girl that tackled my daughter should have been reported and suspended just like how I suspended Katie Brennan.
Haha ... circa the HS.
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Fisher (the umpire) said the incident occurred at half time of the local footy match.
“First of all he said he was independent, which gets up my goat because his daughter was playing, he wasn’t independent,” Fisher told 3AW.
“He said I’m independent, you’re missing sling tackles.
“I said ‘well that’s your opinion’.
“He said ‘you’re missing sling tackles and paying them as holding’.
“I said ‘that’s your opinion.’ Then he walked off and said ‘I’m right’.
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And the HS being the HS has appended the piece with this:
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McKenna will plead guilty to serious misconduct charge
This isn't getting enough play for mine. This is SO unbelievably dirty and quite frankly pathetic from McKenna, as well as extremely dangerous - bites lead to open wounds, and open wounds around dirt and sweat can have horrible and even fatal consequences. Not to mention that throwing a tantrum because you aren't as quick as you think you are is also u/11 level petulance.
It ticks all the boxes of something the AFL should (incredibly dangerous) and does (bad for the #look and #feel of the #brand) want to eradicate, so I'm pretty surprised he's only getting three, possibly even two weeks.
Three weeks
So Redpath gets the same punishment as a player who bit an opponent?
Staggering
The price of helping yourself to the buffet?
Free weeks!
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Masten only got 2 weeks for his bite a few years ago that caused an open wound and Suban needing a course of antibiotics. On that occasion, Suban had put his forearm into Masten's face and was pressing on his mouth so there was some provocation but clearly the AFL have set the precedent that biting isn't a significantly worse offense than other offences with their penalty in that case and now again with McKenna.
Western Bulldogs' Lachie Hunter can accept a one-game ban for rough conduct on Tom Papley.
Argh.....Damn it.
Huge loss.
You can kick a Bulldog, punch a Bulldog and KO a Bulldog but if a Bulldog pushes to the face area the hammer is coming down. Hunter you thug, you should have gotten more than Jack Redpath for his brutal push from 2017.
Silly stuff from Hunter but could we argue it was below the necessary force to constitute a report? After all it was an open handed push.
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Lachlan Hunter, Western Bulldogs, has been charged with engaging in rough conduct against Tom Papley, Sydney Swans, during the third quarter of the Round Four match between the Western Bulldogs and the Sydney Swans, played at Etihad Stadium on Saturday April 14, 2018.
In summary, he can accept a one-match sanction with an early plea.
Based on the available video evidence and a medical report from the Sydney Swans Football Club, the incident was assessed as intentional conduct with low impact to the head. The incident was classified as a one-match sanction. The player can accept a one-match sanction without appearing before the Tribunal.
Let's face it he deserved a week for stupidity.
Standard for the Bulldogs. This is a appalling suspension. I've slapped on sun screen on my kids harder than that. It was unnecessary and a fine was all it deserves surely. Or was Paply concussed and the swans provided a damning medical report.
If this isn't a response for the Katie Brennan who ha I don't know what is.
Forget the conspiracy theories rubbish. Unfortunately bydefinition Hunter meets the criteria for a week holiday. Contact high, force low BUT intentional. The only way he could get it to a fine was to try and argue either impact was not high or was not intentional. Given he was not in play and decided to go over to a player on the ground and give him a shove that's gonna be hard to beat.
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Let's face it, again they are trying to make an example of out of this type of thing.
That was softer than Redpath's push on Phil Diver.
If that is worth a week then this is worth 3
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Swan Dan Hannebery ($1500) for instigating a melee before the opening bounce of his team's clash with the Bulldogs;
They certainly did the right thing in not awarding Suckling a free kick for too high.........Swans really went at us in the last 75 minutes of the game, the free kick count was slightly their way for the first 45 minutes or so. Interestingly, nuffies from Sydney believe that due to the lopsided free kick count we were favoured by the umpires. It's interesting that people think the number of free kicks outweighs the quality and position of free kicks.
Anyway, as for Hunter I liked that he was going after a guy who went after one of ours, but he shouldn't have done it in the fashion he did, a bit of attention once on his feet would have been better.
What I don't understand is how you can offer the same penalty for this as a knee clearly and intentionally dropped on a players head.
I've just spent 5 minutes watching and rewatching that footage... If that's worth a week, we'll soon see a no contact zone implemented, similar to netball.
Not too smart, sure, but that's not worth a week.