Chief opts for iron fist on punch saga

Hawkins’ punch just before halftime had chosen not to pay a free kick.

“If we get to prelim final and that gets a week, there will be uproar and I will be in that camp,” Scott said, predicting a 180-degree change in interpretation.

Match review panel member Jimmy Bartel said there was not a uniform view on Hawkins’ sanction among the five-man jury.

“Not all the time the MRP are in complete agreeance, either. With five people in there, there’s obviously five different opinions,” he said.