Staff, Simmo and Rainesy all charged by match review panel

[wayne]

The Stafford decision is a joke. Honestly, two guys going for the ball, Staff has better awareness than Duddard, so he protects himself from a possible head collision.

He tucked the shoulder and made unavoidable contact!!!

[PuntRdRoar]

The club must NOT send the wrong image to its younger players by not challenging the Raines decision. The club must challenge, even if we lose, you gotta make sure the kids believe the club administration will go into bat for them when the time comes. Failure to challenge this one infact failure to challenge all 3 will be a dereliction of duty by the administration.

[mightytiges]

Since when was a trip by hand in a tackle reportable  ???. It's not like sticking your foot out a la Goodwin  .

LOL @ unco Fiora WP 

[Fwoy3]

Anyone who has Fox Footy, take note of the ad that features Ric Flair and Trish Stratus from the WWE. They say "We have the Brain Buster, and the Figure 4 Leglock, but we don't have this..." as it shows hip and shoulders and body clashes...WE DON'T FUGGIN HAVE THEM EITHER now apparently... FFS this game is getting soft! 

[one-eyed]

Tigers' rising star is worth the risk
01 August 2006   Herald-Sun
Mike Sheahan

RICHMOND has a major dilemma. Does it put the club first, as usual, or does it fight for Andrew Raines and his hopes of winning the NAB Rising Star Award?
 
If Raines takes an early plea on a tripping offence from Saturday's game against St Kilda, he will be free to play against the Bulldogs on Saturday.

The admission of guilt would disqualify him from the $20,000 award for which he shares favouritism with Magpie Heath Shaw.

The incident drew 125 activation points and a one-game sanction, instantly ruling him out of both the Rising Star and Brownlow Medal.

If Raines and Richmond challenge the decision and lose, he will remain out of Rising Star contention and will lose the benefit of an early plea, forcing him out of next Saturday's game.

The issue rekindles memories of Corey McKernan's misfortune in 1994, when he was denied the Rising Star award after being found guilty of tripping by hand.

Raines, like McKernan, was charged with tripping by hand.

The third-quarter incident, involving Aaron Fiora, was deemed by the match review panel to be intentional, of low impact, in play and to the body.

If he could have the charge downgraded to negligent, he would finish under the 100-point threshold, enabling him to play on Saturday and stay eligible for the Rising Star.

The Tigers must make their decision this morning.

It was a black day for Richmond, losing Greg Stafford for two matches and Troy Simmonds. The Simmonds incident was assessed as intentional, Stafford's negligent.

Hard to believe Raines, who lunged at Fiora while on the ground, acted with more deliberation than Stafford. Despite the risk, the Tigers owe Raines an appeal.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,19977184%255E20322,00.html

[julzqld]

Surely the club must challenge the decision on Raines and Stafford.  Even Spida Everitt, who has a bit of a beef against Staff, said he should get off.  As for the Simmo one, Riewoldt didn't look too worried about it.  By the looks of it, Simmo hardly made a mark.

[WilliamPowell]

Tigers to risk Raines

11:07:46 AM Tue 1 August, 2006
Paul Gough
Sportal for afl.com.au

Richmond will risk Andrew Raines copping a one-match suspension in a bid at the AFL tribunal on Tuesday night in a bid to keep alive his hopes of winning this year's NAB Rising Star Award.

Raines will plead guilty to intentionally tripping St Kilda's Aaron Fiora but the Tigers will attempt to have the charge downgraded from an intentional action to a reckless one……

And further on:

The Tigers will also challenge the three match ban handed down to ruckman Greg Stafford for rough play on St Kilda's Brendon Goddard.

Full story:
http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=285516


And they are not contesting the Simmo penalty

[PuntRdRoar]

Tigers to risk Raines

11:07:46 AM Tue 1 August, 2006
Paul Gough
Sportal for afl.com.au

Richmond will risk Andrew Raines copping a one-match suspension in a bid at the AFL tribunal on Tuesday night in a bid to keep alive his hopes of winning this year's NAB Rising Star Award.

Raines will plead guilty to intentionally tripping St Kilda's Aaron Fiora but the Tigers will attempt to have the charge downgraded from an intentional action to a reckless one……

And further on:

The Tigers will also challenge the three match ban handed down to ruckman Greg Stafford for rough play on St Kilda's Brendon Goddard.

Full story:
http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=285516

Correct decision

[cub]

Correct decision

Yeah, but will the tribunal make the right decision.

I don't usually get involved in discussing the tribunal stuff or umpires mistakes when it comes to the Tiges, cuase it can look like sour grapes.

BUT FAIR DINKUM  - There was one from another game that was barely different from staffs and nothing said. cant recall which game atm......

Rainsy was just reckless and Simmo oh well they seem to change their mind every few weeks about that one - Should know better not to tempt fate.

And besides I really want Rainsey to win so I can watch the colonwood supporters squeel like pigs because KB is on the rising star panel 

[PuntRdRoar]

The end decision is out of our hands, but the club backed its player/s today. It would have been a very bad look indeed (for our youngster) if they (the administration) squibbed it on Andy Raines.

[WilliamPowell]

BUT FAIR DINKUM  - There was one from another game that was barely different from staffs and nothing said. cant recall which game atm......

The Ben Johnson hit on Trent Croad perhaps? I mean Croad ended up in hospital where as Goddard ended up going off and then coming back anf playing the entire 2nd half 

[cub]

BUT FAIR DINKUM  - There was one from another game that was barely different from staffs and nothing said. cant recall which game atm......

The Ben Johnson hit on Trent Croad perhaps? I mean Croad ended up in hospital where as Goddard ended up going off and then coming back anf playing the entire 2nd half 

Nah - Contact between Geelong's Jimmy Bartel and the Kangaroos' Shannon Grant from the second quarter of Sunday's match at Manuka Oval was reviewed. It was the view of the Panel that Bartel makes contact with Grant in an attempt to spoil but his action was not deemed to be a reportable offence.

If you can find it post the link and lets play spot the difference.

[mightytiges]

Good on the Club  .

I think with the Rainesy one they will try to get the points for the original charge knocked down below 100 so he stays eligible for the RS award despite a reprimand.

As for Staff it seems the tribunal will nail him on running past the footy  .   

[Fluffy Tiger]

Mark Robinson on SEN earlier today also said there was nothing wrong with it and Staff shouldn't even get sighted. It was a fair plain ordinary shirtfront  . 

As I said what is our game becoming 

The umpires, tribunal and the media are all trying to change our game. I hate it   HATE IT   

[Fluffy Tiger]

And Simmo should get off too

I need him for my supercoach squad