How many weeks for cotchin's dangerous tackle?

[Underarm]

Match Review: Lynch cops misconduct charge for kneeing Saint

The Match Review Officer has completed his findings from Friday night's second semi-final between Richmond and St Kilda

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Didn't even rate a mention. Which is what it deserved.

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Lynch with his 5th fine in 17 games for the year....

 

[Murraj1966]

Richmond get away with doing awful things at the tribunal?!

Well colour me shocked.

Explain to me the "potential for injury" of pulling someone down by the neck with force, and kneeing someone in the head vs a clip of the elbow and pulling out of the contact.

 

[Wojcinski]

I'm surprised he didn't get hit with a low impact rough conduct charge resulting in a fine. It was really dangerous even if Jones came out unscathed.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Good to see Michael Christans "look of the game" and "Potential to cause injury" excuses lasted just 72 hours.

 

[theyellowsash]

If you would seriously pick any of them ahead of Cotchin I don't know what to say. To me it seems ignorant and ridiculous, but each to their own I guess.

screams of a bloke who uses supercoach to judge the best players. the moment you use stats to talk about cotchin youve entirely missed the point of what he brings to the game and team and why he is captain.

 

[Smeg Head]

*Richmond and no one was surprised.

 

[theyellowsash]

Good to see Michael Christans "look of the game" and "Potential to cause injury" excuses lasted just 72 hours.

i didnt realise he could apply those to non reportable offences.

 

[CarnTheScray]

Bulldog1954 your profile comments are hilarious

 

[Drewie11]

Serious overreaction going on here. Looked pretty soft.

To miss a game over that would be criminal

 

[DT_35]

3 fines = a 1 week suspension.

What’s the go there? Making up rules as they go

 

[Lsta062]

3 fines = a 1 week suspension.

What’s the go there? Making up rules as they go

I think they’ve dropped that this season from what I know

 

[Whiskers]

3 fines = a 1 week suspension.

What’s the go there? Making up rules as they go

Got rid of it because they didn’t want potential Brownlow medallist’s missing out on minor incidents.

 

[Some Idiot]

What a joke, obvious deliberate action. Could have broken his neck.

 

[Duckenthusiast]

Lots of people stewing in their own piss on Twitter. It's an indictment on the modern footy fan that their thoughts are dictated to them by the media.

You mean like Christian, who didn't bother to even look at the tackle, despite having only 1 game to review and because the media didn't tell him to?

 

[BF Tiger]

He hasn't got 20 touches since round 14 and he's running at 'average' on basically every stat. inb4 he gets 30 and kicks 2 on us. I could pick 10 blokes in Richmond that I'd rather see miss than him.

That would make him our 11th best player. And that means he adds more than 11 others.

 

[BF Tiger]

Good to see Michael Christans "look of the game" and "Potential to cause injury" excuses lasted just 72 hours.

That’s what you wanted right, or do you think Long should have been suspended?

 

[Underarm]

Lynch with his 5th fine in 17 games for the year....

If a fine is all they're worth then that's all the afl can do.

 

[nick1408]

I'm really surprised by the result and thought the opposite would happen - Lynch no case to answer due to impact too low and Cotchin at least having to fight a week.

I wouldn't be surprised if Richmond took the fine to the tribunal as they did with Vlaustin and Grimes, although the charge of 'misconduct' seems to be a bit of a catch-all in this case - the AFL wanted to make sure something stuck and using a catch-all ensures that.

 

[Tasmanian saint]

i didnt realise he could apply those to non reportable offences.

So you’re saying it’s within the rules of the game to tackle around the neck and sling someone to the ground also to do it after the play has stopped If that was in the nrl he gets 2-3 weeks for a tackle like that

 

[beema limapep]

So you’re saying it’s within the rules of the game to tackle around the neck and sling someone to the ground also to do it after the play has stopped If that was in the nrl he gets 2-3 weeks for a tackle like that

I didnt realise Trent Cotchin played in the NRL and, that aside, everyone should agree that your opinion should be treated as judge, jury and executioner.

 

[Sterge]

I mean, Chol tore us up last time as did Arts. Caddy maybe.

We lost last time because we didnt have a midfield.

 

[sobrave]

The AFL should appeal against Christian's incompetence

Or just sack him for gross negligence

 

[HTT]

since apparently you're too stupid to remember what actually happened, here it is again.

play has stopped, as you can see from everyone staring at the ump
tough guy bouffant cotchin then comes in with a coathanger and uses centrifugal motion to try and rip jones' head off.

which part of that is accidental?
the part where he tackles him after play has stopped? the part where it is very obviously high despite jones standing upright? or the part where he continues the tackle even after he knows its high, dragging the player to ground by his neck?

Jones can take advantage in that situation, nothing wrong with going for a tackle - it’s poor footy if you let a bloke out the back with advantage. Got him high, would be a free kick to Jones if advantage was paid. That’s it.

 

[10571z]

Lmfao not even a fine?