whelan cleared

[brey9186 102]

MRP didnt think anything of the incident, free to play against hawthorn!!!

if he went, the whole season would of changed!

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

AAAAH! Brey!!!!! How dare they delete my thread!!!

Anyhoo, Aaron wasn't told off for smacking baker either. Thought it was worth mentioning.

[Finks 19]

Whice thread will they delete?

Yours DD. 5.13pm = 1 minute slower than 9186.

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

Yeah, I know. Damn my verbal incontinence...

[bjgc 0]

Finally some good news it's been a nightmare so far.

[Sir-Allen-Jakovich 0]

From the AFL:

Contact between Melbourne's Matthew Whelan and St Kilda's Luke Ball from the first quarter of Friday's match was reviewed. It was the view of the panel that Whelan ran from eight to 10 metres from in front of Ball. Ball was tracking the Melbourne player in possession and, just before contact was made, Whelan turned his body to shepherd his teammate, resulting in contact between Whelan's back and Ball's chest. The momentum of the contact result in an accidental head clash. Under the tribunal guidelines, as this was an accidental head clash, it was the view of the panel

- the force was not excessive, given the short distance that Whelan moved;

- Ball was actively involved in the passage of play;

- Ball was in a position to protect himself;

- Whelan did not use either his shoulder or his elbow to make high contact;

- Whelan did not leave the ground at any stage.

As such, the action was not deemed to be reportable.

and...

Contact between Melbourne's Aaron Davey and St Kilda's Steven Baker from the third quarter of Friday's match was reviewed. It was the view of the panel that Davey made contact with Baker's neck after the St Kilda player had disposed of the ball. Davey's action was a pushing motion and not a strike, and was not considered a reportable offence.

[stevethemanjordan 6,952]

What about Hodge??

[Sir-Allen-Jakovich 0]

What about Hodge??

Luke Hodge, Hawthorn, has been charged with tripping Nigel Lappin, Brisbane Lions, during the third quarter of the Round One match between Hawthorn and the Brisbane Lions, played at the Gabba on Saturday March 31, 2007.

In summary, he can accept a reprimand and 66 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, which relates to a Level One Offence, drawing 80 demerit points and a reprimand. He has a total of one match suspended within the last three years, which increases his penalty by 10 per cent to 88 points. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 66 points and a reprimand.

[Gorgoroth 12,963]

good to see that they have good sense and not report wheelan, when i saw the article that schwab wrote today i nearly tore the paper to shreds, what is that idiot on? he couldnt coach and now just writes crap articles!

[deanox 9,931]

did he purposely grab his leg to stop him running? how could this be negligent, shouldnt it be deliberate?

negligent could only mean that it was not on purpose and he shouldnt have taken more care. ie he had fallen over, was trying to get up and lappin ran over his legs. of course it was deliberate...at least it was reckless (ie he was trying to tackle and missed)...

[Adzman 2,154]

Glad to see that whelan the wrecker will be available to take on the hawks.

Whelan will be needed if the dees are to restore some pride agaisnt the hawks. His inclusion to the starting lineup is a massive bonus.