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Heeney appears to be able to do whatever he wants without repercussion, remember this doozy from recent times?MRO probably thought Heeney's hit on Hind was deserved considering he tried to take off Chad's head with his elbow at full force
That should be weeks, its AFL not the UFC for *s sakes lol
Stupid by heeney and papley, now other teams know how soft they are, they can expect more attention
What would the grading have been?Shocked Heeney didn't get cited for striking as that was pretty clear cut.
i dont get the Hind one. Clear elbow, just because he misses he's ok.Shocked Heeney didn't get cited for striking as that was pretty clear cut.
Also shocked that Hind didn't even get a fine for attempted striking when he legit threw an elbow at Warner's head.
Intentional, High contact, low impact = 1 week. same as RedmanWhat would the grading have been?
You think that flicking an arm back at a player pulling at him from behind shows that he intended to hit him in the face?Intentional, High contact, low impact = 1 week. same as Redman
Doesnt matter.You think that flicking an arm back at a player pulling at him from behind shows that he intended to hit him in the face?
No, the AFL rules are: Intentional conduct A Player intentionally commits a Classifiable Offence if the Player engages in the conduct constituting the Reportable Offence with the intention of committing that offence. An intention is a state of mind. Intention may be formed on the spur of the moment. The issue is whether it existed at the time at which the Player engaged in the conduct.Doesnt matter.
Afl rules are hit the head away from the play = intentional.
They seemed to "miss" warners elbow to wrights head as wellShocked Heeney didn't get cited for striking as that was pretty clear cut.
Also shocked that Hind didn't even get a fine for attempted striking when he legit threw an elbow at Warner's head.
What would the grading have been?
Redman hit his upper chest/shoulder and slid up to his face, so wasnt intending to hit him in the head, doesnt matter off ball head hit is intentional, who are we kidding heeney can do whatever he likesNo, the AFL rules are: Intentional conduct A Player intentionally commits a Classifiable Offence if the Player engages in the conduct constituting the Reportable Offence with the intention of committing that offence. An intention is a state of mind. Intention may be formed on the spur of the moment. The issue is whether it existed at the time at which the Player engaged in the conduct.
So no, under the laws of the game, intentional doesn't apply because Heeney wasn't intentionally trying to hit Hind in the head as Redman was last week.
Intentional wouldn't go if you can't show he was intending to punch him in the head. I'd argue that Heeney's fingers hitting him in the face was below the force required to constitute a report.Would have gone with low impact, intentional, high contact. A fine or 1 week
This is why it's so bad for the game to have lawyers involved and leading the way.At the tribunal for Sicily's case, the AFL lawyer tried to argue that he deserved a week because of potential for injury. When pressed what injury could have been caused, she said it had potential to bruise.
Interestingly, seems like Hind's flying elbow doesn't have the same kind of potential for injury!
...You think that's him trying to hit Newcombe on the shoulder? Even if we accept that the initial contact is when the absolute bottom of the hand grazes Newcombes shoulder on the way through to hitting him, his intention wasn't to flick the top of Newcombe's shoulder. That's a much easier case for intentional than throwing a hand behind you at your chest height.
i think his intention was to shove him in the chest, you can clearly see that in the still, 30 degree day, lots of sweat, the push goes high, simples...You think that's him trying to hit Newcombe on the shoulder? Even if we accept that the initial contact is when the absolute bottom of the hand grazes Newcombes shoulder on the way through to hitting him, his intention wasn't to flick the top of Newcombe's shoulder. That's a much easier case for intentional than throwing a hand behind you at your chest height.