Sunday
Brisbane: Dayne Zorko given a week suspension after being charged with making contact to the eye region of Crows forward Luke Pedlar. The incident was graded as intentional conduct, low impact and high contact
Adelaide: Rory Laird has been offered a one-match ban for rough conduct for a dangerous tackle on Lachie Neale.
The tackle was graded as careless conduct, medium impact and high contact.
Richmond: Dustin Martin can accept a $3000 fine for striking Port Adelaide’s Dan Houston in the second quarter on Sunday. The incident was graded as intentional conduct, low impact and body contact. An early plea will reduce the fine to $2000.
Saturday
James Sicily is suspended for one game for a rough conduct.
He was charged for his bump on Anthony Caminiti in the third quarter, which was assessed as careless, high contact and medium impact.
Jaeger O’Meara is suspended for one game for a rough conduct.
O’Meara was cited for his dump tackle on Charlie Spargo in the third quarter, which was assessed as careless, high contact and medium impact.
Friday
Adam Cerra offered a one game suspension for a dangerous tackle on Tom Hickey in the third quarter. The rough conduct was assessed as careless conduct, medium impact and high contact.
Luke Parker was suspended for one game for a dangerous tackle on Sam Walsh in the third quarter. The rough conduct was assessed as careless conduct, medium impact and high contact.
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Hawthorn has accepted James Sicily’s one-game suspension for his bump on Anthony Caminiti.
Booooo
Carlton will be challenging Adam Cerra’s rough conduct charge.
Sydney: Luke Parker challenging the 1 week suspension.
Fremantle: We will challenge Jaeger O’Meara’s one-game suspension at the AFL Tribunal. A time and date for the hearing will be finalised soon.
Monday Match review update for Sunday games:
Brisbane: Dayne Zorko given a week suspension after being charged with making contact to the eye region of Crows forward Luke Pedlar. The incident was graded as intentional conduct, low impact and high contact
Adelaide: Rory Laird has been offered a one-match ban for rough conduct for a dangerous tackle on Lachie Neale.
The tackle was graded as careless conduct, medium impact and high contact.
Richmond: Dustin Martin can accept a $3000 fine for striking Port Adelaide’s Dan Houston in the second quarter on Sunday. The incident was graded as intentional conduct, low impact and body contact. An early plea will reduce the fine to $2000.
So if I purposely choose to punch someone I get a fine
If I make an accidental tackle when a player hits their head on the ground I get suspended….
What a pathetic ruling system
With probable ‘keepers’ in Sicily Laird Oliver Darcy + Ratagulea for me not playing it is going to be very hard to get 18 on the field.
C’mon Dew – play Constable.
Hopefully Cincotta gets a game and Chesser for what it’s worth.
Adam Cerra is free to play Melbourne on Friday night after having his one-match suspension overturned at the Tribunal.
“What would a reasonable player have done in Adam Cerra’s circumstances? The first thing to note is that Cerra enters the tackle with some lack of balance as he’s pushed from behind.
“The second thing to note is that he has no alternative but to drop his centre of gravity to avoid being pushed face-first into Hickey’s arm.
“Thirdly, he manages to anchor his left leg to try and get some purchase on a much taller and heavier opponent.
“While it’s true Hickey falls across that leg and Cerra contributes to that fall, it was not unreasonable for him to anchor himself in this way.
“Fourthly and importantly, Cerra has only a light grip on Hickey’s arms. They are not truly pinned and a reasonable player in Cerra’s circumstances would know that Hickey could use one or both of these arms to break his fall.
“As a result, we find this was not a dangerous tackle.”
Luke Parker lost his appeal against a one game suspension.
Rory Laird is successful with his appeal against a one week ban for a dangerous tackle.
Key reasons:
Players are taken to know if they rotate a player in a tackle so a player’s head is likely to collide with the ground with some force, they will likely have committed a dangerous tackle.
Rotational tackles can happen very quickly and the tackler is sometimes not the only person contributing to it being a rotating tackle. What is the tackler to do?
Every situation is different, but if a player slows instead of slinging, if he releases or doesn’t pin a defensive arm, all things being equal he may be demonstrating a reasonable attempt to avoid or minimise harm to his fellow player.
In our view, that slowing of momentum, that split second moment of care, contributed to Neale not being slung into the ground and being exposed to injury. The charge is dismissed.
O’Meara and Zorko appeals to be heard Wednesday evening.