The following charges were laid:
James Podsiadly, Geelong Cats, has been charged with a level two bumping or making forceful contact from front-on offence against Bryce Gibbs, Carlton, during the second quarter of the round 21 match between the Geelong Cats and Carlton, played at Etihad Stadium on Friday August 20, 2010.
In summary, due to his previous carry-over points from within the last 12 months, his two-game sanction must remain at two games, even with an early plea.
The incident was assessed as negligent conduct (one point), medium impact (two points) and high contact (two points). This is a total of five activation points, resulting in a classification of a level two offence, drawing 250 demerit points and a two-match sanction. He has 60 demerit points carried over from within the last 12 months, increasing the penalty to 310 points and a three-match sanction. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 232.50 points and a two-match sanction.
Josh Hunt, Geelong Cats, has been charged with a level two engaging in rough conduct offence against Jarrad Waite, Carlton, during the fourth quarter of the round 21 match between the Geelong Cats and Carlton, played at Etihad Stadium on Friday August 20, 2010.
In summary, he can accept a one-match sanction with an early plea.
The incident was assessed as negligent conduct (one point), medium impact (two points) and high contact (two points). This is a total of five activation points, resulting in a classification of a level two offence, drawing 225 demerit points and a two-match sanction. He has no existing good or bad record. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 168.75 points and a one-match sanction.
Leigh Brown, Collingwood, has been charged with a level two striking offence against Graham Johncock, Adelaide Crows, during the fourth quarter of the round 21 match between Collingwood and the Adelaide Crows, played at the MCG on Saturday August 21, 2010.
In summary, due to his previous carry-over points from within the last 12 months, his one-game sanction must remain at one game, even with an early plea.
The incident was assessed as reckless conduct (two points), low impact (one point) and high contact (two points). This is a total of five activation points, resulting in a classification of a level two offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction. He has 45 demerit points carried over from within the last 12 months, increasing the penalty to 170 demerit points. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to 127.50 points and a one-match sanction.
Paul Bevan, Sydney Swans, has been charged with a level one engaging in rough conduct offence against Ryan Griffen, Western Bulldogs, during the second quarter of the round 21 match between the Sydney Swans and the Western Bulldogs, played at the SCG on Saturday August 21, 2010.
In summary, due to a five-year good record he can accept a reprimand and 70.31 points towards his future record with an early plea.
The incident was assessed as negligent conduct (one point), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point). This is a total of three activation points, resulting in a classification of a level one offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction. He has an existing five-year good record, reducing the penalty by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 70.31 points towards his future record.
Other incidents assessed
The match day report laid against West Coast’s Beau Waters for engaging in rough conduct against North Melbourne’s Leigh Adams was assessed. The panel said Adams was chasing West Coast player Ashley Smith in a bid to tackle his opponent. Waters came in to the contest to shepherd for his teammate and delivered a bump to the North Melbourne player. The bump was not considered excessively forceful. The bumped player was involved in the play and the bumped player was attempting to tackle the player with the ball, and was able to influence the contest. The panel said Waters did not run far to deliver the bump and he did not raise his elbow when delivering the bump. Waters did not leave the ground in his bumping action and it was the view of the panel the North Melbourne player should have expected contact in this situation. It was therefore ruled that Waters’ actions did not constitute a reportable offence.
Contact between the Western Bulldogs’ Ben Hudson and the Sydney Swans’ Dan Hannebery from the fourth quarter of Saturday’s match was assessed. The panel said Hannebery had kicked the ball when Hudson came towards him to bump him. The contact was made to Hannebery’s left shoulder and body, and contact was not made to the head. A medical report said the Sydney Swans’ player suffered no injury. The bump, while late, was not deemed to be excessive in the circumstances and Hudson’s actions were not deemed to be reportable.
Contact between Port Adelaide’s Domenic Cassisi and Melbourne’s Jack Watts from the third quarter of Sunday’s game was assessed. Melbourne player Nathan Jones was tackled by a Port Adelaide player and went to kick the ball. Cassisi firstly attempted to smother the kick by player Jones and then tried to gather the ball. In the course of trying to take the ball, he made high contact with player Watts. The action was not considered a striking motion and no further action was taken.
