Match review panel: round 12, 2008
5:19 PM Mon 16 June, 2008
Shane Tuck, Richmond, has been charged with a Level One offence for making negligent contact with umpire Matthew Nicholls during the third quarter of the Round 12 match between Richmond and Melbourne, played at Telstra Dome on Sunday June 15, 2008.
In summary, he can accept a $1950 sanction with an early plea.
A first offence for making negligent contact with an umpire is a $2600 sanction. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to a $1950 sanction.
Contact between Melbourne's Brock McLean and Richmond's Shane Tuck, behind umpire Matthew Nicholls, from the third quarter of Sunday's match was assessed. The Match Review Panel deemed that Tuck negligently made contact with umpire Nicholls.
Just prior to contact, Tuck was standing directly behind the umpire, pushing on McLean. McLean was pushing back on Tuck. Because both players were pushing against each other, Tuck stayed in a line directly behind the umpire, where contact was eventually made.
The MRP believed that Tuck would have made contact with the umpire even if the players weren't pushing against each other. It was not the view of the Panel that McLean pushed Tuck directly into the umpire. Therefore McLean was not reported and no further action was taken against him.
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