Match Review Panel Findings - May 24

AFL Barwon advises the Match Review of the weekends games has been completed with the following findings.

St Mary’s v St Albans

At the request of the officiating umpire, the MRP reviewed an incident in the 3^rd quarter of the St Mary’s v St Albans Senior match 20/5/2023 that involved a late bump by #13 St Albans Joshua Saltalamacchia on #25 St Mary’s Nicholas Connors. They deemed that the action constituted a charge and was reportable by nature.

They graded the incident as Intentional Conduct – Low Impact – Contact to the body.

The Base sanction for this offence is 1 match. The player has entered an early guilty plea and will receive a reprimand in this instance.

The Notice of Report issued on the day by the field umpire against #13 St Albans Joshua Saltalamacchia for rough conduct on #34 St Mary’s Matthew Keast in the 3^rd quarter has been assessed by the MRP.

Based on the vision and information provided by the reporting umpire they have graded the incident as:

Careless Conduct – Low Impact – High Contact

The Base sanction for this offence is 1 match. Due to being found guilty of an earlier offence in this game, the early guilty plea was not available and the player has accepted his one match suspension.

Anakie v Winchelsea

At the request of the officiating umpire, the MRP reviewed an incident in the 4^th quarter of the Anakie v Winchelsea Senior match 20/5/2023 that involved potential dangerous tackle by #19 Anakie Adam Walsh on #9 Winchelsea Tavae Sauni. They deemed that the action was not reportable and no action was taken.

At the request of the officiating umpire, the MRP reviewed an incident in the 1^st quarter of the Anakie v Winchelsea Senior match 20/5/2023 that involved potential dangerous tackle by #43 Anakie, but the vision was obscured and no charge was laid.

The Notice of Report issued on the day by the field umpire against #21 Winchelsea Coby Eagle for rough conduct on #16 Anakie Benjamin Moore in the 1^st quarter has been assessed by the MRP.

Based on the vision and information provided by the reporting umpire they have graded the incident as:

Careless Conduct – Medium Impact – High Contact

The Base sanction for this offence is 2 matches. The player has entered an early guilty plea and will receive a 1 match suspension in this instance.

The Notices of Report issued on the day by the field umpire against #45 Anakie Anthony Harding and #18 Anakie John Whitehouse for using abusive, insulting or obscene language towards or in relation to an umpire have been assessed by the MRP.

Based on the information provided by the reporting umpire they have determined that:

The Base sanction to be applied to both players for this offence is 2 matches. Both players have entered an early guilty plea and will receive a one match suspension in this instance.

North Shore v Newtown & Chilwell

At the request of the officiating umpire, the MRP reviewed an incident in the 2^nd quarter of the North Shore v Newtown & Chilwell Senior match 20/5/2023 that involved a bump by #49 Newtown & Chilwell Nelson Browne on #39 North Shore Joseph Salmon. They deemed that the action constituted a report for charging an opponent and was reportable by nature.

They graded the incident as Careless Conduct – Low Impact – Contact to the body.

The Base sanction for this offence is 1 match. The player has entered an early guilty plea and will receive a reprimand in this instance.

Thomson v Bell Post Hill

The Notice of Report issued on the day by the field umpire against #20 Thomson Darcy Troop for striking #30 Bell Post Hill Nicholas Flaccavento in the 3^rd quarter of the Thomson v Bell Post Hill Senior match 20/5/2023 has been assessed by the MRP.

They graded the incident as Intentional Conduct – Low Impact – High Contact.

The Base sanction to be applied for this offence is 2 matches. The player has entered an early guilty plea and will receive a one match suspension in this instance.

St Joseph’s v Lara

The MRP reviewed an incident late in the 4th quarter of the St Joseph’s v Lara Senior match 20/5/2023 that involved a bump by #40 Lara Josh Smith on #14 St Joseph’s Jack Buckley. They deemed that the action constituted a report for charging an opponent.

They graded the incident as Intentional Conduct – Low Impact – Contact to the body.

The Base sanction for this offence is 1 match. The player has entered an early guilty plea and will receive a reprimand in this instance.

Vision of another incident involving these two players in the 4^th quarter was sought, but there was no vision of the alleged incident. No charge was laid.