Corey Enright and James Podsiadly are clear to face Essendon this Saturday despite being found guilty by the match review panel.
Podsiadly was charged with a level one striking offence against Will Schofield. In summary, Podsiadly accepted a reprimand and 60 points towards his future record by taking an early plea.
The incident was assessed as negligent conduct (one point), low impact (one point) and high contact (two points). This is a total of four activation points, resulting in a classification of a level one offence, drawing 80 demerit points and a reprimand. He has no existing good or bad record. The early plea reduced the sanction by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 60 points towards his future record.
Enright was charged with a level one engaging in rough conduct offence against Adam Selwood.
In summary, Enright’s previous good record meant that he could 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 high contact (two points). This is a total of four activation points, resulting in a classification of a level one offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction. Enright 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. The early plea reduced the sanction by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 70.31 points towards his future record.
The Cats accepted both penalties on Tuesday morning.