News Rioli slap cops a 2 week ban.

[Elmer_Hauser]

When the respected chief Football Writer of the Herald-Sun, Mark Robinson is backing Port and Rioli to get off on appeal, you just know Collingwood fans have no leg to stand on.

#freewillie

 

[FIGJAM]

or 3 if you're Jordan De Goey

Not even remotely similar incidents.

 

[FIGJAM]

Mark Robinson is backing Port and Rioli to get off on appeal, you just know Collingwood fans have no leg to stand on.

Mark Robinson has no leg to stand on as he's always legless!

 

[dmc333]

It looks like he hit him in the ear.

If you've ever copped one of those, they initially feel a lot worse than they actually are and they rattle you because of the sound.

It's probably why he went down.

 

[naysayer]

It looks like he hit him in the ear.

If you've ever copped one of those, they initially feel a lot worse than they actually are and they rattle you because of the sound.

It's probably why he went down.

No need to investigate Murphy's actions. Rioli hit him in the head with a reasonable amount of force. 2 weeks is a minimum, but given that we're handing out 2 week suspensions for any head contact in a bump or a tackle, I think we have to start coming down harder on head-high contact off-the-ball.

 

[ozaddy]

No need to investigate Murphy's actions. Rioli hit him in the head with a reasonable amount of force. 2 weeks is a minimum, but given that we're handing out 2 week suspensions for any head contact in a bump or a tackle, I think we have to start coming down harder on head-high contact off-the-ball.

Comparing the chance of injury with Rioli hit with bump or tackle is plain ridiculous.

 

[Maddo11]

Unfortunately his penalty can't be reduced by 25% so he'll be unable to apply for the remorseful discount

 

[naysayer]

Comparing the chance of injury with Rioli hit with bump or tackle is plain ridiculous.

That's not the comparison I made. Toby Greene got suspended for 6 games after bumping an umpire, and it wasn't because of the chance of injury. Some actions just have no place in the game, this is one of them. I'd be happy for him to get 3-4 weeks.

 

[ZEV]

Is this the second time this season Rioli has been reported for striking players off the ball when they had their eyes on the play?

 

[adammania9]

Rioli is a dirty dog and always has been. Two weeks is favourable, and over the next two weeks he can study how to be an effective forward when he is on a quality opponent. He still owes Rowell an apology for a cowardly bump.

 

[PowerBaz]

If this was Dusty, Daicos, Cotchin, Dangerfield it wouldn’t have even been reviewed.

 

[ChristianBoy]

If this was Dusty, Daicos, Cotchin, Dangerfield it wouldn’t have even been reviewed.

If it was any of them he would have received a free kick for being held off the ball

 

[ozaddy]

Rioli is a dirty dog and always has been. Two weeks is favourable, and over the next two weeks he can study how to be an effective forward when he is on a quality opponent. He still owes Rowell an apology for a cowardly bump.

An effective opponent because 4 umpires are not enough to do their job. If they did it wouldn't have escalated.

 

[juss]

To me it looked like the contact was insufficient to be 2 weeks, probably 1 at worst just for the look, but I'd have been fine with it if it got off for insufficient force, or if it was 1 reduced to none with an early plea, or just a fine.

However there's the "head tax" applied here, which is why it got 2.

If I compare the Pickett bump to this though, there's no way I can have them as equal suspensions.

Possibly an appeal gets a better outcome?

 

[Hawks_4478]

Rioli is a dirty dog and always has been. Two weeks is favourable, and over the next two weeks he can study how to be an effective forward when he is on a quality opponent. He still owes Rowell an apology for a cowardly bump.

He’s not dirty; he’s just not very smart and does dumb things

 

[PowerBaz]

To me it looked like the contact was insufficient to be 2 weeks, probably 1 at worst just for the look, but I'd have been fine with it if it got off for insufficient force, or if it was 1 reduced to none with an early plea, or just a fine.

However there's the "head tax" applied here, which is why it got 2.

If I compare the Pickett bump to this though, there's no way I can have them as equal suspensions.

Possibly an appeal gets a better outcome?

You make too much sense.

It should be a fine, imagine slapping like that and then making your opponent fly through the air, superpowers.

 

[ozaddy]

Just under an hour ago they listed all injuries on AFL site, suprised Murphy not on list with forcefulness of hit.

 

[SC_Power]

Earlier this year
Exact same wrestle, North’s Aidan Corr

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Aidan Corr

Age

30

Ht

195cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.2

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.9

4star

MG

291.0

4star

D

13.9

3star

K

11.1

4star

HB

2.7

2star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.1

2star

MG

291.0

4star

D

7.2

2star

K

2.8

1star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.6

4star

punches Port’s Ollie Lord on the jaw.
Gets 1 week.

Corr punches Lord

Willie shoulda punched Murphy.

 

[DazzaTys]

Is this the second time this season Rioli has been reported for striking players off the ball when they had their eyes on the play?

Eyes on the ball? Murphy jumper punched him. Rioli deserves a week for being an idiot but don’t make Murphy out to be a saint in this. Umpires need to start penalising defenders who want to hood and scrag. Rioli needs to also get this crap out of his game as well.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Can Murphy be suspended for starting fights? Enough is enough.

 

[Gavin Excell]

First time I've seen
Seems a slap and he's gone down a trifle easily.
That's at worst 1 week

 

[Saab NLAW]

Just saw the vision, ffs, the Collingwood player should be suspended for that flop. What an absolute flog

 

[Maddo11]

Down graded to one week, successfully arguing that impact grading of medium was too high

 

[Fitzey]

Got off for the action, got a week because he made contact with a Collingwood player. Imagine if it was Nick Daicos, 4 weeks.

 

[XhazzafootyX]

murphys a flop