Dawes in trouble ?

[Dr. Gonzo 24,304]

Everyone's up in arms here. I'm not happy about it, but not unhappy either. The head is sacrosanct, and what Dawes did, was just stupidity. The extra week off might make him realise that. Not the worst timing to get the extra week off either.

He'll miss the clash against Port, even with him, we wouldn't be much of a chance. He doesn't have to face the arduous task of recovery from playing the NT game, he gets extra hungry to face the filth and is cherry ripe to go.

The head can be sacrosanct without rubbing guys out of games for every minor contact. It was worth a free kick which is a penalty as well but didn't warrant more than that.

[Forest Demon 4,681]

Medium impact? That is rubbish.

[beelzebub 23,383]

If Malcelski is able to cleared for blatantly collecting an Ump..I mean he just walked into him, how is Dawes' love tap an issue....sheesh !!

[Deestroy All 14,266]

Can any one say for certain if there are more loading a if we challenge?

Yeah he copped 2 weeks. 1 with an early plea. So if a challenge is unsuccessful he gets 2 weeks and I go hungry on HoF night and the guests that don't have the balls to boycott it will miss out on great company.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,304]

Can any one say for certain if there are more loading a if we challenge?

He got 225 points so 2 weeks (2 weeks!) down to 1 with a guilty plea. If he challenges and loses he'll cop the full 2 weeks. It really should have been 1 down to a reprimand (same as Deledio's was) if anything.

[Coq au vin 755]

Everyone's up in arms here. I'm not happy about it, but not unhappy either. The head is sacrosanct, and what Dawes did, was just stupidity. The extra week off might make him realise that. Not the worst timing to get the extra week off either.

He'll miss the clash against Port, even with him, we wouldn't be much of a chance. He doesn't have to face the arduous task of recovery from playing the NT game, he gets extra hungry to face the filth and is cherry ripe to go.

I totally agree. Good summary. He smashed the guy in the face. I wouldn't have liked to be on the receiving end!

[TheoX 1,222]

The grading of this is garbage, MRP is incompetent

[45HG 1,559]

Pretty staggered that it generated a two game suspension originally - what was in Richmond's medical report?

Having said that, if you watch again - about a minute afterwards Rance falls over like he's been hit by a tram.

May've hurt more than it looked.

[beelzebub 23,383]

Pretty staggered that it generated a two game suspension originally - what was in Richmond's medical report?

Having said that, if you watch again - about a minute afterwards Rance falls over like he's been hit by a tram.

May've hurt more than it looked.

thought the Oscars were over this year

[Pates 9,660]

My feeling is that we should take the one match but then I consider the fact the Delidio managed to get off with a reprimand and part of me thinks that we should challenge based on the impact rating. He wasn't concussed and he got up straight away, surely that constitutes low impact.

[Adam The God 30,420]

I think we're gonna be in big trouble without him. I can foresee us kicking a very small score.

[jnrmac 20,188]

Darwin may not be too Dawes' liking. Its a very draining environment up there......

Might do him good to have a week off.

[Coq au vin 755]

Very silly to challenge. A week off from port and NT is no big deal. Risk of 2 weeks and not playing against the scum on QB would be not worth it.

[Coq au vin 755]

Very silly to challenge. A week off from port and NT is no big deal. Risk of 2 weeks and not playing against the scum on QB would be not worth it.

[Grapeviney 9,801]

Darwin may not be too Dawes' liking. Its a very draining environment up there......

Especially if he has to then travel from Darwin to Alice Springs, which is where the match is being played

[DeeSpencer 26,082]

Yeah it was captured at the time it happened (not sure if shown on a replay) during the Fox coverage. Not much in it, Tyson didn't do much more than grab his chin but still it was a deliberate elbow to the head of an opponent during a stop in play - surely that is worse than a careless forearm to the head during the play but noones said boo about it.

The most frustrating part of the MRP.

Considering it was created to catch all incidents to rid the game of off the ball cheap hits they sure miss a few. Seems they really get most of the ones that the TV cameras see and talk about.

[Jaded No More 68,974]

He'll be super fresh for finals guys!

[JackVineyForPresident 310]

I am as sad as anyone. But i think it is probably fair, very very reckless

[JackVineyForPresident 310]

All this means is that we are going to need Frawley, Gawn, Watts and Pedo to all have big ones, tackle and goal wise

[beelzebub 23,383]

He'll be super fresh for finals guys!

good to see you're keeping a lid on it

[DeeZee 7,445]

Oh well, its one week and we just bring Chip back in.

[Deestroy All 14,266]

Now the Dawes open for Pedo to take centre stage.

...but enough about the Rolf Harris trial..

[Mad_Melbourne 877]

Which part of the classification do you disagree with? If you take it to the tribunal, you will have to challenge one or more of the aspects of the classification. We would just be asking for the 1 week to become 2. If we challenge and lose (and we will lose, if we challenge), that is when I'll be absolutely livid.

The fact that they got the Deledio one wrong doesn't make this one wrong. Intentional or not, it should not be okay for a player's arm to make contact with a player's face to the point where he is dazed. An action does not have to be malicious or "dirty" for it to also be wrong.

Impact being medium, should really be low, Rance played on for the rest of the game. If Richmond are to say he had any after effects due to the blow to the head then they should be I'm trouble with the concussion ruling.

Many harder hits have got off, young on chapman

[chookrat 4,268]

For the record - Dawes has ZERO carryover points. They expire after 12 months, which means his conveniently expired last round.

Personally, I think the "Medium impact" is outrageously excessive. He should have been offered 1 week down to zero with a guilty plea.

Unfortunately it is not worth the risk to challenge, so we'll just cop the week.

I agree MegaWatts, i'd challenge both:

- medium impact, on the basis that Rance was fine to get up and keep playing

- reckless, on the basis that Dawes tried to puah Rance in the chest but being off balance (like Deledio) accidently got Rance in the head

Dawes is a really important inclusion for the Port game and i'd hate to see him miss because we are being too risk averse. If we think the MRP got it wrong lets roll the dice and if Dawes gets two then [censored] them, we play QB without him.

[Jack7 528]

Accept the week and move on,a stupid,selfish act!

Dawes wants to be a leader?