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"Our huddle this year has been where the Collingwood one was and I thought I was running to our huddle and after it all finished, (teammate) Ryan Houlihan had to pull me back and say 'we are over here'."
"That's why I had to run around, so I got a little bit lost."
How stupid does Brendan Fevola think some people are? Or more to the point, how stupid does Brendan Fevola think other people think he is? This would have to be the biggest load of shit I have ever heard in my life. Dids was tying his shoes and there is no doubt that what Brendan Fevola did was deliberate and instigated the whole entire thing. Then when he went to ground he threw a few custard swings like the girl that he is. I hope they throw the book at this bloke and will look forward to seeing him get a big fine also.
Rivals fined $32,000by: Paul GoughSportal
The AFL has issued fines to 16 players following Saturday's wild quarter-time brawl between Collingwood and Carlton at the MCG.
Nine Magpies and seven Blues' players were fined, following one of the largest melees seen in the AFL in recent years.
If all players accept their punishment, the AFL coffers will swell by a total of $32,100 but the eventual cost of the brawl could be more - if some players elect to fight their charge at the AFL tribunal on Tuesday night and risk a higher fine if found guilty.
The AFL ignored pleas from Collingwood pair Anthony Rocca and Alan Didak to go easy on the players involved in the fracas, which began when Carlton spearhead Brendan Fevola bumped into Didak as the Magpies' players began to gather on the members' wing for their quarter-time huddle.
Fevola told afl.com.au on Monday he had not meant to spark the brawl but had become "lost" as he attempted to reach the Blues' quarter-time huddle.
"Our huddle this year has been where the Collingwood one was and I thought I was running to our huddle and after it all finished, (teammate) Ryan Houlihan had to pull me back and say 'we are over here'."
"That's why I had to run around, so I got a little bit lost."
All the players were charged with engaging in a melee with their fines varying depending on whether it was their first, second or third such offence.
The players on their third offence - Fevola, Swan and Scotland - can accept fines of $3300 for their part in the brawl but risk fines of $4400 if they plead not guilty.
Those on their second offence - Didak, Rocca, Holland - can accept fines of $2400 but risk fines of $3200 by pleading not guilty while the rest can accept fines of $1500 for a first offence of engaging in a melee but will risk fines of $2000 by pleading not guilty.
Collingwood star Rocca claimed after Saturday's game - which the Magpies won in front of more than 77,000 fans - that there was nothing in the brawl, saying it was the kind of action the crowd wanted to see in these highly-sanitised days.
"The crowd erupted (with excitement)," Rocca said on Saturday.
"There was no real malice in it, there was just a bit of argy-bargy."
"We are all going to get fines, which is going to be disappointing, but the crowd pay to come and watch the footy and watch a bit of biffo."
However the AFL continued its hard line on any acts of on-field violence, no matter how minor.
It is the second time in four seasons the Blues and Magpies have been fined over a melee with 15 players slugged a total of $42,000 back in round seven, 2004.
The most players charged over a brawl in recent years was 19 from the Bulldogs-St Kilda clash at Telstra Dome in round six, 2003, with those players hit with a total of $67,500 in fines.
But the record total for fines for a melee was the $69,500 dished out to a total of 16 Hawthorn and Essendon players from the infamous 'line in the sand' game in round 11, 2004 at the MCG.
However that brawl, which came about when the Hawks publicly stated they were tired of being on the receiving end of physical punishment from the Bombers, was far nastier than the Magpies-Blues' brawl on Saturday and included a six match ban for current Hawthorn skipper Richard Vandenberg for striking.
In contrast not one player was booked for striking as a result of Saturday's brawl.
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"That's why I had to run around, so I got a little bit lost."
How stupid does Brendan Fevola think some people are? Or more to the point, how stupid does Brendan Fevola think other people think he is? This would have to be the biggest load of shit I have ever heard in my life. Dids was tying his shoes and there is no doubt that what Brendan Fevola did was deliberate and instigated the whole entire thing. Then when he went to ground he threw a few custard swings like the girl that he is. I hope they throw the book at this bloke and will look forward to seeing him get a big fine also.
Rivals fined $32,000by: Paul GoughSportal
Nine Magpies and seven Blues' players were fined, following one of the largest melees seen in the AFL in recent years.
If all players accept their punishment, the AFL coffers will swell by a total of $32,100 but the eventual cost of the brawl could be more - if some players elect to fight their charge at the AFL tribunal on Tuesday night and risk a higher fine if found guilty.
The AFL ignored pleas from Collingwood pair Anthony Rocca and Alan Didak to go easy on the players involved in the fracas, which began when Carlton spearhead Brendan Fevola bumped into Didak as the Magpies' players began to gather on the members' wing for their quarter-time huddle.
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The players booked were Collingwood's Dane Swan, Brodie Holland, Dale Thomas, Harry O'Brien, Scott Burns, Josh Fraser, Chris Bryan, Didak and Rocca while the Blues' players booked were Fevola, Heath Scotland, Andrew Walker, Eddie Betts, Kade Simpson, Brad Fisher and Cain Ackland.Fevola told afl.com.au on Monday he had not meant to spark the brawl but had become "lost" as he attempted to reach the Blues' quarter-time huddle.
"Our huddle this year has been where the Collingwood one was and I thought I was running to our huddle and after it all finished, (teammate) Ryan Houlihan had to pull me back and say 'we are over here'."
"That's why I had to run around, so I got a little bit lost."
All the players were charged with engaging in a melee with their fines varying depending on whether it was their first, second or third such offence.
The players on their third offence - Fevola, Swan and Scotland - can accept fines of $3300 for their part in the brawl but risk fines of $4400 if they plead not guilty.
Those on their second offence - Didak, Rocca, Holland - can accept fines of $2400 but risk fines of $3200 by pleading not guilty while the rest can accept fines of $1500 for a first offence of engaging in a melee but will risk fines of $2000 by pleading not guilty.
Collingwood star Rocca claimed after Saturday's game - which the Magpies won in front of more than 77,000 fans - that there was nothing in the brawl, saying it was the kind of action the crowd wanted to see in these highly-sanitised days.
"The crowd erupted (with excitement)," Rocca said on Saturday.
"There was no real malice in it, there was just a bit of argy-bargy."
"We are all going to get fines, which is going to be disappointing, but the crowd pay to come and watch the footy and watch a bit of biffo."
However the AFL continued its hard line on any acts of on-field violence, no matter how minor.
It is the second time in four seasons the Blues and Magpies have been fined over a melee with 15 players slugged a total of $42,000 back in round seven, 2004.
The most players charged over a brawl in recent years was 19 from the Bulldogs-St Kilda clash at Telstra Dome in round six, 2003, with those players hit with a total of $67,500 in fines.
But the record total for fines for a melee was the $69,500 dished out to a total of 16 Hawthorn and Essendon players from the infamous 'line in the sand' game in round 11, 2004 at the MCG.
However that brawl, which came about when the Hawks publicly stated they were tired of being on the receiving end of physical punishment from the Bombers, was far nastier than the Magpies-Blues' brawl on Saturday and included a six match ban for current Hawthorn skipper Richard Vandenberg for striking.
In contrast not one player was booked for striking as a result of Saturday's brawl.
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