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August 22, 2005
O'Keefe Cleared to Play
Just as I expected in my match report, the AFL's Match Review Panel cleared Ryan O'Keefe of a striking charge against Jess Sinclair. So no doubt the club is breathing a sigh of relief. The panel ruled that O'Keefe
Pushed his arm back to break contact with Sinclair after marking the ball, ruling the contact only minimal and to Sinclair's chest.
No doubt he was lucky that the charge didn't cop any points and was thrown out, but still it show the stupid nature of the "new" reporting system when the emergancy umpire can report a player, yet the controling umpire who was only a few metres away at the time saw nothing wrong with it.
Ah well, I've come to expect that out of Troy Pannell who has taken a clear dislike to us of late.
Posted by robbieando at August 22, 2005 09:05 PM
Comments
The umpiring this year has been worse than ever!!
As for his report, I wasnt surprised. Ive seen less than that this year get suspensions.
Posted by: twentychoo at August 23, 2005 09:37 PM