ALL FINE FOR PATTY
IT came down to a matter of inches, but a fortunate Patrick Dangerfield has avoided suspension and remains eligible for the Brownlow Medal.
The Geelong midfield ace has escaped with a fine after throwing a couple of forearms while being held by GWS tagger Matt de Boer in Saturday’s loss at GMHBA Stadium.
Dangerfield was fined $2000 for the first incident and the second was deemed to be of insufficient force and did not attract a sanction.
Asked if Dangerfield had been lucky, match review officer Michael Christian replied: “I don’t want to delve into hypotheticals.”
IT came down to a matter of inches but a fortunate Patrick Dangerfield has avoided suspension and remains eligible for the Brownlow Medal.
The Geelong midfield ace has escaped with a fine after throwing a couple of forearms while being held by GWS tagger Matt de Boer in Saturday’s game at GMHBA Stadium.
Dangerfield first collected de Boer in the midriff, doubling him over. Then he flung back his elbow and it brushed against the head of de Boer, who — luckily for Dangerfield — was still bent over.
Dangerfield was fined $2000 for the former incident and the latter was deemed to be of insufficient force and did not attract a sanction.
“I don’t want to delve into hypotheticals,” match review officer Michael Christian replied when asked if Dangerfield had been lucky.
“The reality is, the contact was minimal.”
The bad news keeps coming for winless Carlton, with Will Setterfield handed a twomatch ban for a sling tackle that concussed Gold Coast opponent Will Powell.
North Melbourne’s Luke McDonald was offered a onematch suspension for a clumsy late hit while attempting to spoil Adelaide’s Chayce Jones, who was also knocked out.
The pair could take their chances at the tribunal after Collingwood’s Mason Cox and Richmond’s Dustin Martin both had successful hearings over the past fortnight.
“The match review function is separate to the tribunal function,” Christian said yesterday.
“I see (successful challenges as) the process working.”
Cats skipper Joel Selwood (umpire contact), teammate Esava Ratugolea (rough conduct), Essendon’s Tom Bellchambers, Richmond’s Kamdyn McIntosh and North Melbourne duo Jack Ziebell and Ben Cunnington all copped fines.
Christian also handed fines to Richmond’s Tom Lynch and Port Adelaide’s Dan Houston and Dougal Howard for engaging in a melee.