AFL Match Review Panel – Round 12, 2011 – Will Slappy Selwood get Slapped? (Video)

Its Monday and the AFL haven’t put out the official game day reports yet as Round 12, 2011 is Queens Birthday long weekend. I would expect the first group of Match Review Panel findings tonight and the one incident that most will be interested in is the Brent Guerra v Joel Selweed incident. It has crated tremendous debate between not just Hawthorn and Geelong fans but also neutrals! There was no free kick or report on the day but Brent Guerra left the ground and is being reported to have a Perforated Ear Drum and possible broken Cheekbone depending on where you listen. There wasn’t good vision of the incident but there was some from the end-to-end camera which Channel 10 got hold of and I have for you here:

So what do you think? Will he go for this? Remember to stay tuned for further updates over the course of the day/week.

UPDATES

• Monday 4:20pm: Hawks have confirmed that Guerra has a perforated eardrum but have stated that he is improving:
  

  Brent Guerra has a perforated eardrum following an incident also in the final quarter of Saturday’s loss to Geelong. Guerra has had issues with his balance and hearing since leaving the field of play but has improved significantly over last 24 hours and the Club will monitor his progress closely in coming days.

• Monday 4:45pm: BREAKING NEWS: Selwood offered 3 weeks
• Monday 5:30pm: Full details of the charges.
• Monday 6:10pm: Video of the Findings are in. What do you think?
• Tuesday 11:05am: Geelong have decided to challenge the charge against Joel Selwood. This should interesting to see if the Cats go all or nothing or if they try to reduce the amount of weeks. All or nothing would be to try to get off the whole thing. Minimisation would be to challenge one or more aspect of the charge to reduce there level. Most likely the ones that they will look at is Impact and if it was intentional or not.
• Tuesday 11:30am: On the Geelong website, they are confirming that they are challenging the charge. Also suggest that there was evidence from Guerra used in coming up with the Charge.
• Tuesday 11:55am: Herald Sun is reporting that both Selwood and Guerra were interviewed and that the Cats will be trying to get the charge taken down from Intentional to reckless meaning he would get 2 weeks not 3 (or 4 if he is unsuccessful with this argument). Seeing the interviews done, you would think it will be a hard road to home that the Cats are taking.
• Tuesday 3:25pm: Around 2 hours out from the Joel Selwood case going to the Tribunal. The results of findings from the Monday game are in and the only report is Jack Trengove bumping into an umpire AGAIN. If I am right, that is 3 games in a row that Jack has been reported! Details below.
• Tuesday 5:30pm: Its official that Selwood is just challenging the Intentional to reckless. In some way seems strange to me going to try to save a week, yet risking a week! No good Deal-or-no Deal playing to me!
• Tuesday 7:27pm: Selwood lost his appeal and now (baring a successful appeal) will miss the next 4 matches, double the 2 he was hoping for and 1 extra then what he could have took if he had of accepted the Match Review Panel findings.

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Charges Laid:

Jack Trengove, Melbourne, has been charged with a second offence for making negligent contact with an umpire (Jacob Mollison) during the first quarter of the Round 12 match between Melbourne and Collingwood, played at the MCG on Monday June 13, 2011.

In summary, he can accept a $1800 sanction with an early plea.

A second offence for making negligent contact with an umpire is a $2400 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to an $1800 sanction.

AFL Tribunal, 5.30pm, Tuesday June 14:

Joel Selwood, Geelong Cats, has been charged with a Level Five striking offence against Brent Guerra, Hawthorn, during the fourth quarter of the Round 12 match between the Geelong Cats and Hawthorn, played at the MCG on Saturday June 11, 2011.

Based on the video evidence available, an investigation by the MRP and a medical report from Hawthorn, the incident was assessed as intentional conduct (three points), high impact (three points) and high contact (two points). This is a total of eight activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level Five offence, drawing 425 demerit points and a four-match sanction. He has no existing good or bad record.

Sanctions Accepted:

Brett Peake, St Kilda, has accepted a $900 sanction for making negligent contact with an umpire (Scott Jeffery) during the fourth quarter of the Round 12 match between St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs, played at Etihad Stadium on Friday June 10, 2011.

Jack Darling, West Coast, has accepted a $900 sanction for making negligent contact with an umpire (Brett Rosebury) during the first quarter of the Round 12 match between West Coast and the Adelaide Crows, played at AAMI Stadium on Saturday June 11, 2011.

Mtich Robinson, Carlton, has accepted a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record for bumping or making forceful contact from front-on offence against Jack Redden, Brisbane Lions, during the second quarter of the Round 12 match between Carlton and the Brisbane Lions, played at Etihad Stadium on Sunday June 12, 2011.

Matt White, Richmond, has accepted a reprimand and 60 points towards his future record for tripping Craig Bird, Sydney Swans, during the third quarter of the Round 12 match between Richmond and the Sydney Swans, played at the SCG on Sunday June 12, 2011. (media should note that it was clarified today that Matt White did not qualify for a five-year good record, due to an offence in the VFL. This therefore altered his carry-over points).

Video of the Incidents

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Charges Laid:

Brett Peak, St Kilda, has been charged with a first offence for making negligent contact with an umpire (Scott Jeffery) during the fourth quarter of the Round 12 match between St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs, played at Etihad Stadium on Friday June 10, 2011.

In summary, he can accept a $900 sanction with an early plea.

A first offence for making negligent contact with an umpire is a $1200 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a $900 sanction.

Jack Darling, West Coast, has been charged with a first offence for making negligent contact with an umpire (Brett Rosebury) during the first quarter of the Round 12 match between West Coast and the Adelaide Crows, played at AAMI Stadium on Saturday June 11, 2011.

In summary, he can accept a $900 sanction with an early plea.

A first offence for making negligent contact with an umpire is a $1200 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a $900 sanction.

Joel Selwood, Geelong Cats, has been charged with a Level Five striking offence against Brent Guerra, Hawthorn, during the fourth quarter of the Round 12 match between the Geelong Cats and Hawthron, played at the MCG on Saturday June 11, 2011.

In summary, he can accept a three-match sanction with an early plea.

Based on the video evidence available, an investigation by the MRP and a medical report from Hawthorn, the incident was assessed as intentional conduct (three points), high impact (three points) and high contact (two points). This is a total of eight activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level Five offence, drawing 425 demerit points and a four-match sanction. He has no existing good or bad record. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 318.75 points and a three-match sanction.

Mtich Robinson, Carlton, has been charged with a Level One bumping or making forceful contact from front-on offence against Jack Redden, Brisbane Lions, during the second quarter of the Round 12 match between Carlton and the Brisbane Lions, played at Etihad Stadium on Sunday June 12, 2011.

In summary, he can accept a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record with an early plea.

Based on the video evidence available and a medical report from the Brisbane Lions, the incident was assessed as negligent conduct (one point), low impact (one point) and high contact (two points). This is a total of four activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level One offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction. He has no existing good or bad record. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record.

Matt White, Richmond, has been charged with a Level One tripping offence against Craig Bird, Sydney Swans, during the third quarter of the Round 12 match between Richmond and the Sydney Swans, played at the SCG on Sunday June 12, 2011.

In summary, due to a five-year good record, he can accept a reprimand and 45 points towards his future record with an early plea.

Based on the video evidence available, the incident was assessed as reckless conduct (two points), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point). This is a total of four activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level One offence, drawing 80 demerit points and a reprimand. He has an existing five-year good record, reducing the sanction by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 60 points towards his future record. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 45 points towards his future record.

Other Incidents Assessed:

The match day report against Carlton’s Mitch Robinson for engaging in rough conduct against the Brisbane Lions’ Simon Black was assessed. The panel said that Robinson did not make contact to Black’s head/neck region with his bumping motion, but made high contact with his left arm. The majority of contact by Robinson was made to Black’s side and back as Robinson went over the top of the Brisbane player in his attempt to bump. While there was a free kick for high contact, the action was not deemed reportable and no further action was taken.

Contact between the Gold Coast Suns’ Danny Stanley and North Melbourne’s Drew Petrie from the second quarter of Saturday’s match was assessed. Based on a medical report from North Melbourne, the force in the contact was below that required to constitute a reportable offence. Petrie required no treatment after the incident and immediately got to his feet to take his free kick. No further action was taken.

Contact between Hawthorn’s Brent Guerra and the Geelong Cats’ Joel Selwood from the fourth quarter of Saturday’s match was assessed. It was the view of the panel that Guerra was standing his ground as Selwood was in a low position to try and gather the ball. Guerra was not moving forward and it was the panel’s view that his focus was to try and contest the ball. Guerra did not have a realistic alternative way to contest the ball and no further action was taken.