Ben Long One Week

[StPeter]

Ben Long has been offered a one week penalty by MRO

[nostalgicsaint]

Absolute joke.

Player was straight up. Low impact at best.

How this is suspendable but you can punch your opponent is beyond me.

[chook23]

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[kosifantutti]

Ben Long, St Kilda, has been charged with Engaging in Rough Conduct against Jack Macrae, Western Bulldogs, during the first quarter of the Elimination Final match between St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs, played at the Gabba on Saturday October 3.

In summary he can accept a one-match sanction with an early plea.

Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Careless Conduct, Medium Impact and High Contact. The incident was classified as a one-match sanction.

[chook23]

Inconsistent at best

[StPeter]

Surely we will appeal.

[chook23]

Will argue..medium impact

[Russman]

Absolute joke. We better appeal . We have nothing to lose.

[WellardSaint]

I checked the AFL website, and discovered that the *F* in the acronym stands for *Football* not Netball.

I don't understand

[sks023]

Long could have really hurt him if he wanted to but took mercy on him
Was a love tap at best

[nostalgicsaint]

This was classed as low impact.

One player got straight up, the other didn't.

[CURLY]

Standard penalty against StKilda. Comes off the line which he’s entitled to do basically stops and braces. Just a f***** joke

[Devilhead]

That's absolute fkn disgrace

Barely brushes his chin and Macrae plays out the game without an issue

MRO stinks to high heaven

[johnearljames]

Soft as whipped cream.

f****** joke. MRO hates Ben Long.

[saynta]

That's absolute fkn disgrace

Barely brushes his chin and Macrae plays out the game without an issue

MRO stinks to high heaven

What else would you expect from a f****** former filth player.

Doesn't he have a dubious past.?

[Vortex]

A massive loss.

s*** we may be having to make 3 forced changes this week and if Battle doesn't come up it means the players who might come in are

Marsh
Hind
Ed

That's a serious quality downgrade without meaning any disrespect to those three players.

[Laurie]

Will surely appeal .
Medium impact player got up and played out rest of the game.
Not sure if he even went off the ground after the bump.
Boom Boom

[Goose is king]

I didn’t even see McCrea reach for his face or head in pain. The pain and look on his face was from the bump to the body

[Superboot]

Steve Baker would have got 4 weeks

[tony74]

Been given the nod that we are going to appeal

[CURLY]

Steve Baker would have got 4 weeks

Brayden Maynard would have been chaired off the ground as a hero.

[happy feet]

Don’t tell me the AFL don’t have an agenda. Collingwood umpired into a win. We almost lost due to the disgraceful umpire performance. Do they want Richmond to advance with their huge supporter base, yes the do, so that’s why Long was suspended.

[chook23]

Been given the nod that we are going to appeal

Argue impact grading?
Did bulldogs say medical attention required?

[SuperDuper]

was it high?

looked shoulder to shoulder to me

[Sainter_Dad]

was it high?

looked shoulder to shoulder to me

Oh FFS - clearly high - shoulder hit his face - don't kid yourself - can't argue that

Impact was no more than a head high tackle though