MRP / Trib. Mitch Duncan cleared by MRP for alleged "rough conduct" with Luke Hodge

[JUBJUB]

One of the umps has also reported Stratton for hitting Gregson

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-03-29/hawthorns-ben-stratton-on-report-after-easter-monday-clash

Hawthorns season

 

[catempire]

Broken arm huh, that's a shame, a damn shame I say.

I love how yesterday's game has your anti-Hawthorn juices pumping again Bob.

 

[CatTricks]

and it begins...

"That one results in a broken arm and when I last looked the arm is part of the body - the fact that it didn't hit him in the head that's actually irrelevant. It's the action going into the marking contest and he should get weeks. The vision from behind is pretty damning so I think he should get a couple of weeks." - Derek Humphery-Smith

http://www.sen.com.au/news/03-16/former-ump-says-duncan-deserves-weeks#JaibdJixMHVsSgzw.97

 

[hbk_aus]

and it begins...



http://www.sen.com.au/news/03-16/former-ump-says-duncan-deserves-weeks#JaibdJixMHVsSgzw.97

What a flog. So now if you choose to bump and bump somebody's arm hard enough that they injure it, it can be weeks? What's next?

 

[betchsta]

Hawthorns season

Hodge driving after a few beers I guess ?.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Next week I hope no one kicks the ball too hard and causes a broken finger.
It'll be 2 weeks.

 

[catempire]

and it begins...



http://www.sen.com.au/news/03-16/former-ump-says-duncan-deserves-weeks#JaibdJixMHVsSgzw.97

Why am I not surprised that a Geelong player would (again) be the subject of a ground breaking reason to suspend a player.

Hodge the "good bloke" will certainly testify that he broke it landing on the ground, won't he?

 

[Bobby_]

and it begins...
http://www.sen.com.au/news/03-16/former-ump-says-duncan-deserves-weeks#JaibdJixMHVsSgzw.97

Why is not hitting the head irrelevant?
How come the goal posts shift in this circumstance when they have never done so in the previous 5 years where the head has become sacrosanct to the nth degree?

I understand tripping can cause a broken leg as we saw with the Sydney player a number of years ago. That part of the game has been ruled out and rightfully so.
Doing what Duncan did gives no player the right to find a loop hole in the system and attack players arms in marking contests but the fact Duncan missed Hodge's head should be the main issue here and nothing more.

 

[Cattery]

Why is not hitting the head irrelevant?
How come the goal posts shift in this circumstance when they have never done so in the previous 5 years where the head has become sacrosanct to the nth degree?

I understand tripping can cause a broken leg as we saw with the Sydney player a number of years ago. That part of the game has been ruled out and rightfully so.
Doing what Duncan did gives no player the right to find a loop hole in the system and attack players arms in marking contests but the fact Duncan missed Hodge's head should be the main issue here and nothing more.

Spot on, and if they follow precedent the charge should be thrown out, but this is the MRP we're talking about here, so who really knows.

 

[Pivo]

http://www.sen.com.au/news/03-16/former-ump-says-duncan-deserves-weeks#JaibdJixMHVsSgzw.97

"He probably needs to be careful Chris, I think we don't want to be predicting what the Match Review Panel should be coming up with."

Isn't that what Humphrey-Smith is doing?

Especially when he follows up with...

An incident on the weekend that should have been cited by the Match Review Panel according to Humphery-Smith was Matthew Pavlich's bump on Easton Wood that was cleared.

 

[Turbocat]

Why am I not surprised that a Geelong player would (again) be the subject of a ground breaking reason to suspend a player.

Hodge the "good bloke" will certainly testify that he broke it landing on the ground, won't he?

Just what I thought. Ground breaking... if this get suspended the consequences could be far reaching.

 

[Cattery]

It does my head Cattery.
Hodge broke a Carlton players jaw a year or so ago. Put him out for six weeks. It is obvious he collected him head high but the prick got off did he not?

What on earth is going

You're asking me to explain the MRP?

If Pav gets off because he missed the head (luckily) and Duncan gets weeks although he also missed the head the MRP will have hit a new low I'd suggest.

 

[ShaunWDT]

Cleared

 

[STP18]

You're asking me to explain the MRP?

If Pav gets off because he missed the head (luckily) and Duncan gets weeks although he also missed the head the MRP will have hit a new low I'd suggest.

Surely that's enough to save Duncan. Mind you not that he should need 'saving', but in the same week you have two incidents that if they hit high would be bans, yet both managed to avoid any high contact whatsoever, you simply cannot ban one and not the other. Got a feeling they'll find a way though, they always do.

 

[STP18]

Cleared

Sauce?

 

[Topper]

thrown out, as it should have been

 

[catempire]

 

[catempire]

I'm glad the AFL has also made a ruling that it's about whether or not there was forceful high contact. Derek Humphrey-Smith should log off commentating on these matters permanently.

 

[Pivo]

Just what I thought. Ground breaking... if this get suspended the consequences could be far reaching.

Hodge pretty much got straight up.

No Hawthorn players rushed in to "fly the flag".

If Duncan gets rubbed out I might actually have to start buying into this MRP conspiracy, especially when Pavlich has no case to answer when he did the same thing that got Bartel rubbed out a few years back against Adelaide.

Hodge needs to drink more milk and less beer.

EDIT: looks like it was dismissed. Thank f**k for that because I can't make tinfoil hats to save myself.

 

[Boxhead_31]

What is this???
Common sense from the MRP?

 

[hbk_aus]

 

[AM]

Frivolous report.

 

[Munich]

Who was the hawk that decked i think it was Lang in third qtr. Umpire paid advantage so cameras didnt linger or replay it but it looked violent

It could be any number of the thugs in the brown and gold

 

[Munich]

Who's this Derek reject?!

 

[hoopla]

Duncan has been cleared. Reported on AFL site.