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[annew]

Well I am confused at the penalty to McGlynn, he tried to stop from falling into Scully, and Scully hit his head on the ground and McGlnn gets 4 weeks for that????

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[liz]

Well I am confused at the penalty to McGlynn, he tried to stop from falling into Scully, and Scully hit his head on the ground and McGlnn gets 4 weeks for that????

It's a little hard to see from the only vision I have watched of the incident, but I think McGlynn must have made contact to the head before Scully fell all the way down. But intentional? Compared to the McKernan incident? Even the grading of high impact seems harsh as I think some of the impact Scully suffered was his head hitting the ground afterwards. Even if McGlynn did strike Scully, should he be accountable for that later impact too?

[longmile]

i fail to see any reportable incident here ... ridiculous

[Ludwig]

If Scully would have been able to continue to play, I am sure it wouldn't have even been reported. Agree that it seems McGlynn is actually trying to avoid going into Scully's back and accidentally makes contact to the head. Seems to me to be incidental on the ball contact.

[floppinab]

i fail to see any reportable incident here ... ridiculous

You've got be kidding me you guys.

Vision here

Scully subbed out - AFL.com.au

Although I doubt McGlynn was intending to get Scully high he was certainly trying get a cheapy into the guts or ribs (swinging arm and fist), but with the ball wrong footying Scully he was always going to go to ground to try and gain possession, resulting in McGlynn taking him high instead. You can see Scully's head snap to the side on impact. McGlynn knew exactly who it was and went in with intent.

[Ludwig]

You've got be kidding me you guys.

You can see Scully's head snap to the side on impact........................ McGlynn knew exactly who it was and went in with intent.

Disagree. The is loose and bouncing around. McGlynn is going after ball, but Scully dives in front to grab the ball and accidentally runs into McGlynns arm. An intentional act takes minimum around 400 milliseconds. This seems like a fraction of that time.

[Nico]

Deadset gets 4 weeks for being dumb. Didn't have to do it and I don't know what he was supposedly trying to do. He got him right in the side of the head.

[SwanFromWA]

Oh well McGlynn might need 4 weeks to rest his Hammy anyway.No loss for McGlynn.

[MightyBloods]

Deadset gets 4 weeks for being dumb. Didn't have to do it and I don't know what he was supposedly trying to do. He got him right in the side of the head.

When I saw it live I thought he was in trouble. Why would he swing a round arm with fist clenched in that situation? Very stupid by Benny. The hamstring injury softens the blow of a suspension.

[DA_Swan]

Ben got we he deserved - has always sailed close to the wind trying to play tough - would not have been happy if a swan player got cleaned up like Scully did - hope he learns his lesson but i doubt it - likes to play angry and gives away a lot of frees

[CureTheSane]

He is the one Swan who flirts with going too far regularly.

I didn't even know he was reported, and looked at the clip with interest.
I was waiting for that clip to be a prelude to real impact - and then it ended. I remembered seeing it happen (on my phone - so the resolution wasn't great)
Then I watched it again, and again and the more I watched it, the worse it got.
I'm left thinking that he went in for the tackle, saw Scully's head and then went for a bit of a whack.
4 weeks seems legit.

[undy]

He is the one Swan who flirts with going too far regularly.

I didn't even know he was reported, and looked at the clip with interest.
I was waiting for that clip to be a prelude to real impact - and then it ended. I remembered seeing it happen (on my phone - so the resolution wasn't great)
Then I watched it again, and again and the more I watched it, the worse it got.
I'm left thinking that he went in for the tackle, saw Scully's head and then went for a bit of a whack.
4 weeks seems legit.

I agree 100 %. It took a few replays, but then you pick up the swinging arm. Was there some niggle between them before this - otherwise (to me) it seems uglier play than BBBH hitting Stalker having been driven to distraction with no help from the umpires. This just looked like a sneaky thuggish act.

[jono2707]

Yep pretty much got what he deserved. Whilst I love the aggression Benny brings, playing that way is always with the risk of overstepping the mark, as has happened in this case.

[chalbilto]

4 weeks is rubbish! The club should go to the tribunal to appeal the verdict and severity of the finding. Adelaide player deliberately elbows to the head and only gets 2 weeks. An elbow to the head is a dog act!

[annew]

I agree the more you look at it the worse it gets as I didn't see the hit to the face the first time but I don't reckon it is worth 4. As to the hamstring makes me wonder if he really had a problem as he looked ok seconds before the end of the second quarter.