Tribunal hands down 7 match ban

Submitted by footyman on
[b]Nick Smith - Port Melbourne (Reserves) Guilty of Striking - 7 match suspension[/b] Gotten through without much fuss this one, but a full investigation took place into an incident last weekend in the reserves match against Coburg. I was there and can't recall anything on the day but certainly one for the newshounds to follow up as I would be the most severe suspension dished out by the VFL tribunal in the modern era.
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Dolphin Fri, 4 Aug 2006 - 21:46
footyman wrote:[b]Nick Smith - Port Melbourne (Reserves) Guilty of Striking - 7 match suspension[/b] Gotten through without much fuss this one, but a full investigation took place into an incident last weekend in the reserves match against Coburg. I was there and can't recall anything on the day but certainly one for the newshounds to follow up as I would be the most severe suspension dished out by the VFL tribunal in the modern era.
Hmmm. Pretty harsh from what I heard of the incident.
caseyscorp Sat, 5 Aug 2006 - 22:56
Not that harsh if he landed a blow. In the AFL you can get 2 weeks just for attempting to strike a bloke on the chest who is a foot taller than you and holding you out at arms length and laughing at you.
Dolphin Sun, 6 Aug 2006 - 00:44
caseyscorp wrote:Not that harsh if he landed a blow. In the AFL you can get 2 weeks just for attempting to strike a bloke on the chest who is a foot taller than you and holding you out at arms length and laughing at you.
Thats a very strange description of the Baker incident if thats is what you are refering to. Didn't look that that to me, but hey, all things are open to interpretation.
booga Mon, 7 Aug 2006 - 20:32
I'd be interested to hear what some of the Port supporters think of it if they saw it. Where are you on this one Ons?