{"id":376608,"date":"2024-03-16T02:54:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T03:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=376608"},"modified":"2024-03-16T04:02:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T04:02:24","slug":"hawks-skipper-under-scrutiny-for-unnecessary-bump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=376608","title":{"rendered":"Hawks skipper under scrutiny for unnecessary bump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>T\ufeffhe rivalry between <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/hawthorn-hawks\" title=\"Hawthorn\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hawthorn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/essendon-bombers\" title=\"Essendon\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Essendon<\/a> is alive and well in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>It took just one goal in the opening \ufeffminute from Bombers forward Matt Guelfi to ignite at the MCG.<\/p>\n<p>The tussle was on with veterans and newbies clashing in the first quarter of their round one match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-nathan-cleary-mary-fowler-showing-me-up-comments-reaction\/fdce320f-54ae-4f5e-846d-f931785a7944\" target=\"\" title=\"Cleary&#x27;s cheeky Fowler admission after tough start\ufeff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cleary&#x27;s cheeky Fowler admission after tough start\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-melbourne-storm-centre-of-excellence-victoria-frank-ponissi-exclusive-players\/11ed8678-7ed5-4b27-a80a-0b795f7f0188\" target=\"\" title=\"&#x27;Remarkable&#x27; five-year plan to fix glaring Storm failure\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Remarkable&#x27; five-year plan to fix glaring Storm failure<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-benji-marshall-wests-tigers-coaching-criticism-round-one-canberra-raiders\/a9eaab94-da36-41c7-8051-20c615699286\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Benji slams coaching critics ahead of Tigers opener\"><strong>Benji slams coaching critics ahead of Tigers opener<\/strong><\/a>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>It began with Hawthorn captain James Sicily hip-and-shouldering Essendon&#x27;s Andrew McGrath after the Bombers began celebrating Guelfi&#x27;s goal.<\/p>\n<p>McGrath was flipped and landed on his back on the turf, before teammates came to his aid and pounced on Sicily.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"bd3b289a-c5f8-4013-b6de-762a06bdece7\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/bd3b289a-c5f8-4013-b6de-762a06bdece7\" alt=\"Sicily could come under fire for this bump.\" data-width=\"501\" data-height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He could face scrutiny for the unnecessary bump.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffHawthorn and Essendon have a long history of intense matches.<\/p>\n<p>The 1983, 1984 and 1985 grand finals which were contested by both sides, were violent, aggressive affairs.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"b6d88c4e-7a96-4e2d-83cd-c3bd6a52cb85\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/b6d88c4e-7a96-4e2d-83cd-c3bd6a52cb85-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Ginnivan celebrates his first goal for Hawthorn.\" data-width=\"4984\" data-height=\"3323\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most recently, the 2004 line in the sand game resulted in over 16 weeks worth of suspensions for players from both teams.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the league issued over $70,000 worth of fines.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Sicily coughed up a free kick for his action against McGrath.<\/p>\n<p>Meantime, Jack Ginnivan booted his first\ufeff goal in the brown and gold since his move from Collingwood at the end of last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>T\ufeffhe rivalry between Hawthorn and Essendon is alive and well in 2024. It took just one goal in the opening \ufeffminute from Bombers forward Matt <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=376608\" title=\"Hawks skipper under scrutiny for unnecessary bump\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":376610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=376608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376613,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376608\/revisions\/376613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/376610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=376608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=376608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=376608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}