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CibbuanoMotlop hit with one-match ban
February 15th 2010 06:01
PORT ADELAIDE star Daniel Motlop looks set to miss the Power's second-round NAB Cup clash against West Coast at Subiaco Oval after being hit with a one-match ban by the match review panel.
Motlop has been charged with a Level One engaging in rough conduct offence for a slinging tackle on Adelaide midfielder Michael Doughty during Port's 56-point victory on Saturday.
The incident was assessed as reckless conduct, low impact and body contact which equates to 125 demerit points. Carryover points from the past 12 months brought the total to 218.7 points.
The classy forward will miss just the match against the Eagles if he enters an early guilty plea but if he elects to contest the charge he risks a two-match suspension.
If Motlop takes the charge to the tribunal and loses and West Coast defeats Port, he will have to sit out the opening round of the season proper.
Four other incidents were assessed but Essendon young gun Kyle Reimers, Adelaide's Jared Petrenko, Hawthorn vice-captain Luke Hodge and Western Bulldogs ruckman Ben Hudson were cleared of any wrongdoing.
It was the view of the panel that contact between Reimers and Eagles forward Josh Kennedy was below that required to be a reportable offence.
Petrenko was deemed to have had his eyes on the ball when he knocked over Jasper McMillan-Pittard in a marking contest,
The panel said Hodge did not have a realistic alternative way to contest the ball against Richmond midfielder Richard Tambling and that Tambling contributed to the high contact while Hudson's action against Brisbane's James Polkinghorne was ruled to not be a striking motion.
Motlop has been charged with a Level One engaging in rough conduct offence for a slinging tackle on Adelaide midfielder Michael Doughty during Port's 56-point victory on Saturday.
The incident was assessed as reckless conduct, low impact and body contact which equates to 125 demerit points. Carryover points from the past 12 months brought the total to 218.7 points.
The classy forward will miss just the match against the Eagles if he enters an early guilty plea but if he elects to contest the charge he risks a two-match suspension.
If Motlop takes the charge to the tribunal and loses and West Coast defeats Port, he will have to sit out the opening round of the season proper.
Four other incidents were assessed but Essendon young gun Kyle Reimers, Adelaide's Jared Petrenko, Hawthorn vice-captain Luke Hodge and Western Bulldogs ruckman Ben Hudson were cleared of any wrongdoing.
It was the view of the panel that contact between Reimers and Eagles forward Josh Kennedy was below that required to be a reportable offence.
Petrenko was deemed to have had his eyes on the ball when he knocked over Jasper McMillan-Pittard in a marking contest,
The panel said Hodge did not have a realistic alternative way to contest the ball against Richmond midfielder Richard Tambling and that Tambling contributed to the high contact while Hudson's action against Brisbane's James Polkinghorne was ruled to not be a striking motion.
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