Hall cleared - twice

[BeeEmmAre]

I put this in the other thread, but then thought it could have it's own.

The Match Review panel has cleared Barry Hall of both the Ellis and Mitchell incidents that I thought he'd be victimised further over.

Steven King cops four-week ban, Patrick Ryder suspended for a week | Herald Sun

[COBHC]

I was about to post this. This is a slap in the face to all the soft pricks that wanted him gone. Suck on that!!

[Nico]

That's refreshing.

[SwansFan1972]

refreshing - more like miraculous!

Must be at least one old time footballer on the MRP who felt Hally deserved a break after the bs the umpires served him up all afternoon.

[matthew]

some common sense for once.

[Jeffers1984]

So does he get a free hit on umpire #24 now?

[liz]

Off topic - ie not Swans related - but ouch, ouch to the two suspensions handed out. The King one was well off the ball and the camera angle shown on TV made it hard to assess what really happened. Unless there is additional footage involved I can see the Saints trying to have that downgraded.

Didn't see the Ryder incident but has to hurt for the Bombers since Ryder is their last vestige of a ruckman still standing.

[connolly]

Off topic - ie not Swans related - but ouch, ouch to the two suspensions handed out. The King one was well off the ball and the camera angle shown on TV made it hard to assess what really happened. Unless there is additional footage involved I can see the Saints trying to have that downgraded.

Didn't see the Ryder incident but has to hurt for the Bombers since Ryder is their last vestige of a ruckman still standing.

Power was knocked unconscious. He is a lawyer so i don't know if his evidence would help King if it goes to hearing. King from memory seems to have a record of putting blokes lights out.

[Triple B]

Power was knocked unconscious. He is a lawyer so i don't know if his evidence would help King if it goes to hearing. King from memory seems to have a record of putting blokes lights out.

He was always going to cop a long holiday. Way off the ball (though we know that means it can still be 'in play' ), high impact and probably high contact, though when one is not expected to be smashed it doesn't need to be high contact to knock u senseless.

It is 4 weeks with an early plea, 6 if he appeals and loses.

[satchmopugdog]

So does he get a free hit on umpire #24 now?

Ahhhhh..the old free hit rule..hope he uses it wisely..but I thinkl he got that with Maguire.

[SwansFan1972]

So does he get a free hit on umpire #24 now?

He won't need to take it - who amongst us works out the most and can put the heaviest set of knuckles into it? Reckon there's a few of us who would be happy to take it for him.

[Nico]

So does he get a free hit on umpire #24 now?

No 24 was Chris Hendrie. I must say I wasn't looking at which umpire it was but Mark Fyne on SEN was adamant it was Vosso(2).

[SwansFan1972]

Off topic - ie not Swans related - but ouch, ouch to the two suspensions handed out. The King one was well off the ball and the camera angle shown on TV made it hard to assess what really happened. Unless there is additional footage involved I can see the Saints trying to have that downgraded.

Didn't see the Ryder incident but has to hurt for the Bombers since Ryder is their last vestige of a ruckman still standing.

Just saw the footage of both and it is inconclusive as to whether high contact happened in either case.

King's hit was off the ball, but looked to be in the Kossie class (ie, the hit player's awareness was in question). It's possible the concussion could have come from the body jarring, or the head hitting the ground, so the suspension seems pretty heavy.

Ryder never hit the bloke's head and was close to the ball - no way should he be rubbed out.

It seems now that if someone doesn't get up after a bump (which might be because they are not as physically strong as some others, or they might have hit their head on the ground), and/or they suffer post game effects, then the bumping player will have MRP concerns - regardless of high contact or not.

The bump will soon be dead in all forms - which is great for player welfare, but a tragedy for the game.

[Jeffers1984]

No 24 was Chris Hendrie. I must say I wasn't looking at which umpire it was but Mark Fyne on SEN was adamant it was Vosso(2).

Well if it was Vozzo, Barry got cleared twice so he's entitled to 2 free hits.

[SwansFan1972]

Well if it was Vozzo, Barry got cleared twice so he's entitled to 2 free hits.

Was definitely Vozzo paid the first one. Not sure about the second, and presumably play had moved into Hendrie's twilight zone for the third one to be paid. maybe all three got a piece of it!