The AFL advises the Match Review of Thursday night’s round two Adelaide Crows v Richmond game at Adelaide Oval and Friday's North Melbourne v St Kilda game at Etihad Stadium has been completed. Three charges have been laid from the game and there were two other incidents that required detailed explanation.
Charges Laid:
Toby Nankervis, Richmond, has been charged with misconduct against Matt Crouch, Adelaide Crows, during the first quarter of the Round Two match between Richmond and the Adelaide Crows, played at Adelaide Oval on Thursday March 29, 2018.
In summary, he can accept a $1500 sanction with an early plea.
Based on the available video evidence and a medical report from the Adelaide Crows Football Club, the incident was assessed misconduct under the Tribunal guidelines. A first offence for misconduct is a $2500 sanction. An early plea enables the player to accept a $1500 sanction.
Darcy Fogarty, Adelaide Crows, has been charged with misconduct against Josh Caddy, Richmond, during the second quarter of the Round Two match between the Adelaide Crows and Richmond, played at Adelaide Oval on Thursday March 29, 2018.
In summary, he can accept a $1500 sanction with an early plea.
Based on the available video evidence and a medical report from the Richmond Football Club, the incident was assessed misconduct under the Tribunal guidelines. A first offence for misconduct is a $2500 sanction. An early plea enables the player to accept a $1500 sanction.
Josh Caddy, Richmond, has been charged with striking David Mackay, Adelaide Crows, during the fourth quarter of the Round Two match between Richmond and the Adelaide Crows, played at Adelaide Oval on Thursday March 29, 2018.
In summary, the incident was assessed as a one-match sanction and he can accept that penalty without appearing before the Tribunal.
Based on the available video evidence and a medical report from the Adelaide Crows Football Club, the incident was assessed as careless conduct with medium impact to the head. The incident was classified as a one-match sanction. The player can accept one match without appearing before the Tribunal.
Other incidents assessed:
Contact between the Adelaide Crows’ Taylor Walker and Richmond’s Alex Rance from the first quarter of Thursday’s game was assessed. Rance received a push from behind with some force. It was the view of the Match Review Officer that Rance did not excessively exaggerate the contact, to satisfy the Tribunal guidelines around what constitutes staging. The player immediately got back to his feet and no further action was taken.
Contact between Richmond’s Shane Edwards and the Adelaide Crows’ Taylor Walker from the third quarter of Thursday’s game was assessed. The ball was loose with Walker in pursuit of the ball, ahead of Richmond’s Bachar Houli. The ball bounces back behind Walker, who turns towards the ball as Richmond’s Shane Edwards approaches the contest. Edwards gets low, puts his hands down and touches the ball as he attempts to take possession while he simultaneously makes contact with Walker. It was the view of the Match Review Officer that Edwards was contesting the ball and he did not have a realistic alternative way to contest the ball.
The match day report against St Kilda’s Patrick McCartin for engaging in rough conduct against North Melbourne’s Trent Dumont during the third quarter was assessed. After speaking to the umpire who laid the charge, viewing all available video evidence and receiving a medical report from the North Melbourne Football Club, the match review officer said there would be no further action taken, based on the circumstances as follows: The ball was kicked down ground towards McCartin, who had Dumont moving backwards into his path in a bid to intercept the ball. It was Christian’s view that McCartin was entitled to go for the ball and, as he left the ground, he realised that contact was inevitable with his opponent. The St Kilda player turned his body to protect himself and contact was made to the North Melbourne player. Dumont went to ground but was able to immediately take his kick. It was the view of the Match Review Officer that a free kick and 50-metre penalty was sufficient in this instance, and no further action was taken.
