sinbagger wrote:
CK95 wrote:
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North Melbourne's Nick Larkey was the third player from that clash to receive a suspension, with the Kangaroos forward offered a one-match ban for his tunnelling bump on Lewis Young.
The incident was assessed as intentional conduct and graded as medium impact, body contact.
He'll miss the Kangaroos' Round 8 clash against Fremantle if he accepts an early guilty plea.
Larkey's teammates Jack Ziebell and Jason Horne-Francis were also fined for tripping and striking respectively.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/05/01/ ... ed-by-mro/Surely the fact that Larkey tunnelled Young while play was stopped makes it mere severe than one week? Can we challenge his charge and the tripping as not severe enough?
Stocker’s I do t agree but he’ll probably miss a week with his injury anyway so perhaps let that sleeping dog lie.
Young’s was assessed as “shoulder to shoulder” so we should challenge.
I haven't seen replays or the benefit of slo mo on either incident so just going on what I saw on the night.
Stock: Had his arm tucked in, didn't jump and I don't think got him high. North player should have expected contact. Yes, he should have tackled and I was screaming at the tv, "tackle, don't bump". Moreso as a tackle would have resulted in a free and definite turnover. Best case with a bump is ball spills free and we're in a 50/50 situation.
Young: North player initiated contact, didn't collect him high. Got a free on the night which I don't think he deserved. Absolutely challenge.
If replays prove otherwise we cop them on the chin, but if there was no high contact we challenge.
I wouldn't just cop the Stocker one based on he is injured and will miss anyway. Points carry over for future infringements and whilst I hope he doesn't get in trouble again, he is one player we have who does play on the edge. When you play on the edge, you sometimes cross the line. Wouldn't want us to cop this one for the sake of it and risk something down the line.