Sniper Stewart given 4 weeks [update]

[Francois Jackson]

All I have read is “poor Stewart, it’s not like him”

Are the media for real? I have only respect for Kingy as he has called it exactly as it should be treated.

The rest of them are trying to butter the MRO up in going light drawing his character into play.

stuffin disgrace what happened here and if it was the other way around do you think the media would be going soft on grimesy?

This grub it seems has been treated differently in the past to others.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/06/28/why-was-tom-stewart-cleared-when-zac-williams-was-suspended/

[Andyy]

Should be 4-6.

He'll probably get 3 because the system is corrupt.

[Rampsation]

That no one decked Stewart is a problem. There was no retaliation. Nothing and we lost the game.

[skiddymcghee]

That doesn't happen anymore. Remember the Parker (Syd) - Shiels (Ess) incident.

And I suspect that given the game is played so quick, that not (if) any Richmond players saw what happened anyway.

Dimma's post match comments were telling "We look forward to playing them again....."

[one-eyed]

Barrett just said it will be 3 or 4 weeks depending on whether Stewart ends up at the tribunal or not.

Kane Cornes said there should be a sin bin for these one-off a season hits off the ball. Stewart should have been sent off as the hit disadvantaged Richmond (lose their best player while Stewart ends up BOG). That hit doesn't happen and Richmond wins the game. For the integrity of the competition you can't have sides potentially missing the Eight now because their best player gets knocked out before they hit the ground.

Watch here: https://twitter.com/FootyonNine/status/1540851914962870272

[Owl]

We were basically playing a man down for all that time till they could get him off, it really made me angry, they scored of course.  Why wasn't play stopped? We get a bloke pole axed and taken out of the game and then get penalised on top of it then its all about poor Stewies feeling bad about it.  Not the fact he nearly broke some bastards jaw or neck

[one-eyed]

We were basically playing a man down for all that time till they could get him off, it really made me angry, they scored of course.  Why wasn't play stopped? We get a bloke pole axed and taken out of the game and then get penalised on top of it then its all about poor Stewies feeling bad about it.  Not the fact he nearly broke some bastards jaw or neck

Not much use to us now but Barrett this morning said the AFL is investigating. The umps do have the discretion to stop the play so why didn't they?

[cub]

We were basically playing a man down for all that time till they could get him off, it really made me angry, they scored of course.  Why wasn't play stopped? We get a bloke pole axed and taken out of the game and then get penalised on top of it then its all about poor Stewies feeling bad about it.  Not the fact he nearly broke some bastards jaw or neck

Not much use to us now but Barrett this morning said the AFL is investigating. The umps do have the discretion to stop the play so why didn't they?

Because and Im serious, they hate us and just plain cheat every week!

[one-eyed]

Tom Browne claiming right now it was careless not intentional. Oh please! Not in the contest and running past the ball to take an opponent out isn't "careless"  .

Anyway Browne reckons it will be classed as severe and so it will head to the tribunal and the AFL will press for 4-5 weeks. Perhaps one week off for Stewart's good record.

Cameron Ling thinks 3-4 weeks while admitting people will accuse him of bias.

[one-eyed]

The AFL has rejected the idea of implementing a send-off rule despite widespread calls from a number of pundits after Cats star Tom Stewart's "sickening" hit on Tigers on-baller Dion Prestia.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/news-2022-kane-cornes-calls-for-send-off-rule-after-tom-stewart-hit-on-dion-prestia/bbf5579e-057d-4c6e-b694-25c260a96f3e

[one-eyed]

[Tiger Khosh]

Straight to the tribunal. Min 4 weeks.

[one-eyed]

Charges laid:

Tom Stewart, Geelong Cats, has been charged with Rough Conduct against Dion Prestia, Richmond, during the first quarter of the Round 15 match between the Geelong Cats and Richmond played at the MCG on Saturday, June 25, 2022.

In summary, the player has been referred directly to the Tribunal and cannot accept an early plea.

Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Careless Conduct, Severe Impact, High Contact. The incident was classified as a direct referral to the Tribunal and the player cannot accept an early plea.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/787742/match-review-all-australian-cat-learns-fate-for-prestia-bump

[Chuck17]

So has it been graded as careless instead of intentional?

[MintOnLamb]

So has it been graded as careless instead of intentional?

Pigs arse, he wasn’t even watching the ball, he had eyes only for Prestia, looked intentional to me,