{"id":376927,"date":"2024-03-17T06:47:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T07:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=376927"},"modified":"2024-03-17T11:03:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T11:03:19","slug":"tribunal-comes-down-hard-on-stars-with-bans-delivered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=376927","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal comes down hard on stars with bans delivered"},"content":{"rendered":"

E\ufeffssendon<\/a> defender Mason Redman and Hawthorn<\/a> captain James Sicily have both been handed one-match suspensions for their rough conduct during the Bombers 24-point win on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Tensions were high from the first minute at the MCG for the round one clash.<\/p>\n

It began with Sicily hip-and-shouldering Essendon's Andrew McGrath<\/a> after the Bombers began celebrating Matt Guelfi's goal in the first term.<\/p>\n

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Sicily then kicked McGrath, causing him to flip and land on his back, before teammates came to his aid and pounced on the Hawks defender.<\/p>\n

The Hawks leader's action has been graded as intentional conduct, medium impact and body contact, which equates to a week on the sidelines as a punishment.<\/p>\n

\"Mason<\/p>\n

There is no early plea available for Sicily to take, meaning he will need to visit the Tribunal if he wishes to fight the sanction.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Redman has also come under fire after he connected with Hawk \ufeffJai Newcombe's jaw<\/a> in another melee that broke out in the second quarter.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Redman has been charged with striking with no early plea option, with the action graded as intentional conduct, low impact and high contact.<\/p>\n

He'll also need to face the Tribunal if he and the club are keen to fight the charge.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

Redman's strike\ufeff has been likened to a strike from Carlton's George Hewett in Opening Round on Lion Lachie Neale.<\/p>\n

It was a similar action to Redman's, with Hewett also striking \ufeffan opposition player's jaw.<\/p>\n

However, Hewett was simply offered\ufeff and accepted a $2500 fine, despite his hit looking quite damning under the league's new strengthened MRO regulations and tribunal guidelines<\/a> on smothers, run-down tackles and striking.<\/p>\n

The new rules state that players should be further deterred to strike this season, with the AFL adapting to grade hits as "intentional rather than careless".<\/p>\n

\"Sicily<\/p>\n

These include when a player seeks "to fend and push their opponent" or "where a player intends to forcefully push or fend an opposition player off the ball (including to gain separation for the purpose of contesting the ball)" that causes a "strike".<\/p>\n

Despite Hewett receiving a fine, Redman's similar strike has constituted a one week suspension, which has caused uproar across the league.<\/p>\n

Former AFL player Nathan Brown<\/a>argued that match review officer Michael Christian\ufeff "could not" punish the Bomber<\/a> with a week off considering how they handled Hewett's situation.<\/p>\n

"They could not \ufeffgive (Redman) a week after what happened last week," Brown said on Nine's Sunday Footy Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"George<\/p>\n

Leading journalist Damian Barrett believes the situation has been "muddied" by the league's weak punishment for Hewett.<\/p>\n

"It looks \ufeffpretty clear cut and under the changes to the rules in the off-season with any form of contact to the head \u2014 to me, I think it would have merited a week off," Barrett added.<\/p>\n

"But \ufeffwe saw last week George Hewett make contact with Lachie Neale<\/a> (and avoid suspension) and I think that has muddied the situation before they adjudicate that in round one."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

E\ufeffssendon defender Mason Redman and Hawthorn captain James Sicily have both been handed one-match suspensions for their rough conduct during the Bombers 24-point win on […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":376931,"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\/376927"}],"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=376927"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376935,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376927\/revisions\/376935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/376931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=376927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=376927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=376927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}