MRP / Trib. Webster KO's Simpkin - Update 7 week penalty

[the big lebowski]

7 matches is one or two too many imo. He's been "made an example of" but watch the penalty for high bumps slowly get lowered over the course of the season

Not all high bumps are the same

 

[XhazzafootyX]

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Massive melt!! So embarrassing can’t blv I said that

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

AFL will mandate it ..... they need the drama

The AFL's "deliberation" process;

1. Smash out a free meal
2. Post meal nap
3. Punch a dart
4. Have a slash
5. Check Fixture
6. Wait around a bit
7. Make verdict

 

[Wosh]

ST KILDA will be without Jimmy Webster

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Jimmy Webster

Age

31

Ht

188cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.7

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.8

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

288.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.2

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

for the first seven games of the season after he was hit with the monster ban by the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday.

The defender was charged with rough conduct for his crude bump on North Melbourne co-captain Jy Simpkin

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Jy Simpkin

Age

26

Ht

183cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.0

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

8.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.3

5star

CL

2.9

4star

D

20.6

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

9.6

5star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.5

4star

CL

5.5

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.4

4star

CL

0.2

2star

during Sunday's AAMI Community Series match.

Webster leapt off the ground and bumped Simpkin in the head, with the Match Review Officer (MRO) grading the incident as careless, severe impact and high contact.

The AFL asked for eight weeks, with Webster addressing the Tribunal during the hearing.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Very much doubt he’ll be straight back in the team.

Dunno about that.

 

[CrowToon]

7 is admittedly in the ballpark but it seems very convenient that they play each other again the week he comes back.

TV dollars infiltrating the tribunal again? Makes for a baity story.

Wonder if Webster will pick up a knock on Thursday of that week or come back through the VFL.

 

[quotemokc]

7 is way too much

 

[Maddo11]

Not all high bumps are the same

Got the defence ready early, nice nice.
/s

Yeah I know, and this was a pretty bad example, but 3 matches above "the norm" is an outlier

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Some of the north fan posting in here is quite embarrassing.
He may play round 8. Your players won't do shit.

Worst he'll get is booed by North members

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

7 is admittedly in the ballpark but it seems very convenient that they play each other again the week he comes back.

TV dollars infiltrating the tribunal again? Makes for a baity story.

Wonder if Webster will pick up a knock on Thursday of that week or come back through the VFL.

AFL seeing dollar signs for all the melee fines form that game

 

[the big lebowski]

Got the defence ready early, nice nice.
/s

Yeah I know, and this was a pretty bad example, but 3 matches above "the norm" is an outlier

This was as bad a jump as you can get.

The only other one I can think of that was in that vicinity was the Pickett one but it didn’t have the same outcome.

I feel completely comfortable with the SPP being 4 weeks, and this being 7.

It really should be case by case. But all outcomes look like they will be increasing across the board.

 

[3207]

Can't forget the death threats sent against Webster's 16 month old kid .

Lolsies.

“I’m happy to cop the backlash, but I’ve got a 16-month old and a wife at home. For them to cop it on social media, it’s obviously pretty s**t.”

Where are the death threats?

Nothing like a bit of melty hyperbole

 

[Plugger35]

7 matches...he got off easy!

He has got more matches than other players have got for similar incidents and the same number of matches as Hall got for belting Staker.

I would hardly say he has got off easy.

 

[Grockadoc]

Fair ban. Play on...

 

[buttox]

And with that the highlight of Webster's career is over.

 

[3207]

He has got more matches than other players have got for similar incidents and the same number of matches as Hall got for belting Staker.

I would hardly say he has got off easy.

A lot has happened in 15 years regards head trauma since then.

Ridiculous to bring it up as an example here

 

[The Nostradamus]

Goodnight jimmy

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

7 is admittedly in the ballpark but it seems very convenient that they play each other again the week he comes back.

TV dollars infiltrating the tribunal again? Makes for a baity story.

Wonder if Webster will pick up a knock on Thursday of that week or come back through the VFL.

Its St Kilda belting North. Its not going to attract a TV audience regardless of whatever story can be manufactured.

 

[JackFlash]

He has got more matches than other players have got for similar incidents and the same number of matches as Hall got for belting Staker.

I would hardly say he has got off easy.

The past is the past and no longer relevant in AFL football in 2024. 7 matches is a good wack, but he got off easy IMO. It could easily have been 8-10 weeks.

 

[Sarcoidevo]

Precedent now set though this is unlikely to end well ...... Tribunal/AFL once again set themselves up for a fall

 

[The Nostradamus]

Precedent now set though this is unlikely to end well ...... Tribunal/AFL once again set themselves up for a fall

Precedent unfortunately isn’t used at tribunal

 

[Sarcoidevo]

Goodnight jimmy

Good Morning North

 

[JimmyBC]

SPP would've got 8-10

 

[snozulu]

Anderson's convincing defence got him one less game.

 

[CrowToon]

Its St Kilda belting North. Its not going to attract a TV audience regardless of whatever story can be manufactured.

I reckon plenty would tune in to see how the North players treat him