Conca cops a 3 week suspension [updated]

[tigtuff12]

...in trouble but what i really liked was the way it didn't seem to distract him - massive effort for a second year bloke to have that happen (then the "rough up" by angry kanga teammates) & continue to go hard and put his head over the pill...reckon he looked more composed last night as well....def have a keeper in this kid & look forward to seein him develop through the midfield more..

[one-eyed]

Reece Conca could face a month on the sidelines

    by: Glenn McFarlane
    From: Herald Sun
    February 19, 2012

RICHMOND midfielder Reece Conca faces the prospect of spending up to a month on the sidelines after his off-the-ball clash with North Melbourne's Leigh Adams on Friday night.

But the good news for Tiger fans is he could serve at least two of those suspended matches during the NAB Cup series.

That came after AFL football operations officials met yesterday to clarify the rules for suspended players under the new set fixture of the NAB Cup.

The AFL has deemed all matches leading up to the pre-season grand final as "live games", given prizemoney is paid to the clubs from first to eighth.

Conca came under fire on Friday night after he collided with Adams away from the ball, leaving the Kangaroos player "dazed and confused".

Under changes to the AFL match review rules announced last December, all off-the-ball incidents are automatically deemed as medium or high impact.

They cannot be classed as low impact.

And, if found to have involved an elbow or a forearm, they must now be considered intentional.

The ruling between medium and high impact could be the difference between Conca receiving a three or four-game penalty this week.

The 19-year-old will find out his fate tomorrow.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/reece-conca-could-face-a-month-on-the-sidelines/story-e6frf9jf-1226274664210

[TigerTimeII]

what a joke, he held is ground and is entitled to... footy is stuffed

[WA Tiger]

God I just can't keep track of these rules, honestly, now NAB games are treated as live......

Good for Conca but ffs leave the bloody rules alone.

[one-eyed]

Tiger Conca faces ban
Sam Lienert
February 19, 2012

RICHMOND is likely to lose promising youngster Reece Conca for its round-one match against Carlton, over an off-the-ball incident on Friday night.

The 19-year-old flattened North Melbourne's Leigh Adams in the pre-season opener at Etihad Stadium.

Behind-the-goal television footage showed Conca pause in front of a running Adams and move his body to block the path of the seemingly unsuspecting Kangaroo.

The collision left Adams lying on the ground for several minutes, before he was subbed out. North coach Brad Scott later said Adams was dazed.

The incident is likely to be classed as intentional and is certain to be graded as high contact, regardless of whether Adams' head made contact with Conca or the ground.

The greatest area of uncertainty is the degree of impact. With a medium impact grading, a rough conduct charge would be worth a four-match ban, which could be reduced to three games with an early guilty plea.

With Conca expected to be able to serve two of those matches in the remainder of the pre-season competition, that would wipe him out for the home-and-away season-opener.

The Tigers are already certain to be missing lively small forward Jake King for that match, because of a rough conduct suspension carried over from last season.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tiger-conca-faces-ban-20120218-1tg6z.html#ixzz1mklRbRHY

[Mr Magic]

If Concs gets 4 matches for that I'll go hey!

Is Adams dead? WTF is this game coming to?

[Smokey]

God I just can't keep track of these rules, honestly, now NAB games are treated as live......

Good for Conca but ffs leave the bloody rules alone.

I think the rule is a good and fair one WAT.  If you can be suspended playing in them, then it's only right that you should serve your time in them.

I think of much greater concern is the way that the whole football media world has weighed in and stamped him as guilty and heavily suspended before he has even had a chance to defend himself.  You would think the poor bugger smashed Adams face apart with a brick the way they have all become self-righteous experts.

[TigerTimeII]

God I just can't keep track of these rules, honestly, now NAB games are treated as live......

Good for Conca but ffs leave the bloody rules alone.

I think the rule is a good and fair one WAT.  If you can be suspended playing in them, then it's only right that you should serve your time in them.

I think of much greater concern is the way that the whole football media world has weighed in and stamped him as guilty and heavily suspended before he has even had a chance to defend himself.  You would think the poor bugger smashed Adams face apart with a brick the way they have all become self-righteous experts.

he has been tried convicted and crucified by the media , they have stuffing blown all this up, facts are conca braced himself to protect himself, and in doing so that norffag crumbled, he should have chosen a young skinny kid to try and intimidate , not reece the conca-rer.... ffs this is a joke
i dont care if he gets done now, im just happy that we finally look lik e a team that has balls, hardness and toughness

[Dubstep Dookie]

Here's the footage and camera angle the match review panel will be relying on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOOQplSJxz8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Owl]

It just looks like such a soft shoulder bump and no high contact except muppet neck flopped down onto the deck to play for a free and knocked himself out overplaying the role

[Jackstar is back again]

just seen it again on Foxtel.
3-4 weeks.
Too far off the ball is a real worry,

[Owl]

So what is happening about the blokes who attacked Concs afterwards, one of them coat hangared him, so thats high contact, deliberate etc, does he go for a row too? 

[tony_montana]

Astonishing he went down so heavily from an inocuous bump, its not as if he lined him up ala the way Kosi got done, he stepped in with a block, not a baseball bat to the head.

This trial by media is pathetic

[The Big Richo]

Stop whinging Hooter, he deserves to go. 80 metres off the ball is poor form.

[Owl]

Stop whinging Hooter, he deserves to go. 80 metres off the ball is poor form.

I thought it was 79metres which is marginally more acceptable