Josh Hunt standing on Eddie Betts' arm

[Mocca]

Last week, James Kelly 51-week-old 93.75 carry-over activation points weren't called upon when he was inexplicably cleared of front-on contact on Toby Greene. Assuming Kelly can refrain from illegally contacting anyone for the rest of the night (or the MRP can flagrantly ignore any such contact), those points will expire. Phew! That was lucky (!).

Points also due to expire this week are Josh Hunt's 54.69 points from this time last year. It will be interesting to see if his clear, unambiguous, rough contact or misconduct-stomping on Eddie Betts' arm - being at the very least reckless conduct, body contact, low impact, four activation points, level 1 offence, 125 points, plus 20% loading, plus 54.69 carry-overs, 204.69 points, two weeks (one with an early plea) actually gets cited. Or will another incident worthy of suspension be glossed over, and other wodge of points sail off into the night?

 

[alfy!]

Accidental, nothing in it.

 

[Blues_Man]

Will, and should go ..you can't tell me he didn't know where his foot was ..it's not as if he was standing on his fingers...but on his actuall wrist ..he had to feel it under foot ..especially when doing the grinding motion with his foot .
Low act that deserves punishing .
And the Cats got the free kick ...typical of the Umpiring on the night .

 

[Pusswah]

Dog act.

 

[rickyp]

Should go. Was very dirty.

 

[Tairy Greene]

Yeah, very dirty. Definitely intended to put the foot down on Betts' arm as he has a second attempt after he doesn't pin it down the first time.

 

[David the Cat]

To the OP

Re Kelly..the MRP deemed insufficient force. Greene was unhurt and got straight up. Kelly half pulled up. Guys like you would suspend a player for an accidental punch to the back of the head when trying to punch the ball away as high contact, medium force, reckless blah blah blah........clearly you didn't play much footy if you think so. Accidental contact like that is made all the time.

Re Hunt....Betts lack of response will also be an element that is considered.

Ever have your hand stood on with force on a football field? Probably not, but take it from me, you don't just remain there on all 4's and not react if your stomped on....clearly there was not much force in it.

Unsavoury I agree....suspension? Well who knows with the MRP, but I doubt it. I suspect he'll be out anyway, so it won't make a lot of difference.

 

[catman 71]

Maybe you want to see Geelong players get rubbed out, because none of you can handle the fact that Geelong has been the superior AFL team of the last few years.

You just need to accept the fact that no matter how harsh the suspension, nothing can take away from Kelly or Hunt having being multiple premiership players for the "greatest team of all". So, deal with it!

 

[MightyHawks]

To the OP

Re Kelly..the MRP deemed insufficient force. Greene was unhurt and got straight up. Kelly half pulled up. Guys like you would suspend a player for an accidental punch to the back of the head when trying to punch the ball away as high contact, medium force, reckless blah blah blah........clearly you didn't play much footy if you think so. Accidental contact like that is made all the time.

Re Hunt....Betts lack of response will also be an element that is considered.

Ever have your hand stood on with force on a football field? Probably not, but take it from me, you don't just remain there on all 4's and not react if your stomped on....clearly there was not much force in it.

Unsavoury I agree....suspension? Well who knows with the MRP, but I doubt it. I suspect he'll be out anyway, so it won't make a lot of difference.

Insufficient force is a bullshit get out of jail free card the MRP use on players they don't want to suspend.

See Chris Judd on Pavlich - elbow to face that requires stitches...

See Jordan Lewis on Monfires - couldn't have touched with any less force, Monfries admits to staging...

Which one was insufficient contact?

Geelong, Carlton and the Eagles get a terrific run with the MRP.

 

[LongBomb]

Zero weeks.​

Insufficient force to constitute a reportable offence.​

​

 

[yibbida]

standing on players hand/arms has been endorsed by the MRP now. Expect to see more of it.

 

[JUBJUB]

standing on players hand/arms has been endorsed by the MRP now. Expect to see more of it.

Eye-gouging is allowed,well if you're captain of Carlton,so why shouldn't stepping on a little turds hand ?

 

[marshhhhh]

Anything is allowed, well if you're Chris Judd, so why shouldn't stepping on a little turds hand ?

Edited for accuracy.

 

[Thaihawk]

Once again the pussies are given a favourable decision by the Moggie Reprieve Pests. The worst incident from the round only draws a fine. What B**###*it!

 

[Brown n Gold]

Once again the pussies are given a favourable decision by the Moggie Reprieve Pests. The worst incident from the round only draws a fine. What B**###*it!

Not sure which is more surprising a fine(WTF) for a dog act that could have broken bones or Franklin getting off for a harmless sling tackle..

 

[David the Cat]

Once again the pussies are given a favourable decision by the Moggie Reprieve Pests. The worst incident from the round only draws a fine. What B**###*it!

Awwww didumms...you ok now?

Weak as piss whining Squarker.....typical. Move on and stop whinging.

 

[marshhhhh]

Don't see how this in any way affects Hawthorn yet they still complain.

 

[ThatsjustDappa]

Once again the pussies are given a favourable decision by the Moggie Reprieve Pests.

Bravo, 'Moggie Reprieve Pests', took you hours to think that up? Clap....clap...clap.....

 

[King Elvis]

The MRP is incomprehensible..

Walker gets two weeks, Buddy nothing.

Kelly very lucky, but his was at least a footy thing - Hunts was a disgrace.

And Davey getting a week is a joke.

 

[LongBomb]

Surprise surprise, out come the whinging little babies.

 

[Vdubs]

Should go. Was very dirty.

No injury, no force, no remonstration, no reports, no suspension, no worries.
The only possible truth you say was that it was dirty, and that is debatable. Hunts stud- less boots look pretty clean on the vision we have.

 

[Dangas]

Surprise surprise, out come the whinging little babies.

Dog act, your bias clearly hides that fact.

 

[LongBomb]

Dog act, your bias clearly hides that fact.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[Dangas]

You have no idea what you are talking about.

Please explain?

 

[Blue and Silver]

To the OP

Re Kelly..the MRP deemed insufficient force. Greene was unhurt and got straight up. Kelly half pulled up. Guys like you would suspend a player for an accidental punch to the back of the head when trying to punch the ball away as high contact, medium force, reckless blah blah blah........clearly you didn't play much footy if you think so. Accidental contact like that is made all the time.

Re Hunt....Betts lack of response will also be an element that is considered.

Ever have your hand stood on with force on a football field? Probably not, but take it from me, you don't just remain there on all 4's and not react if your stomped on....clearly there was not much force in it.

Unsavoury I agree....suspension? Well who knows with the MRP, but I doubt it. I suspect he'll be out anyway, so it won't make a lot of difference.

Betts copped a hit to the head just prior. Probably why he was so passive.

Still a dog act to do it intentionally, even if he didn't "stomp".

I'll say it again, the MRP needs to judge on intentions not on results. If a player acts in a way that is intentionally trying to harm their opponent or recklessly acts that could cause harm when it is outside the rules, they need to be brought before the tribunal. Plenty of cases where because the guy wasn't hurt, they get away. It makes no sense when for all intensive purposes the player is at fault whether or not their opponent is hurt