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Match Review, R6: Cat speedster charged for Lester bump
JULY 10, 2020
The AFL advises the Match Review of last night's Round Six match between the Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions has been completed. Two charges were laid with one other incident requiring an explanation.
Charges Laid:
Gary Rohan, Geelong Cats, has been charged with Engaging in Rough Conduct against Ryan Lester, Brisbane Lions, during the first quarter of the Round Six match between the Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions, played at the SCG on Thursday July 9.
In summary he can accept a $1000 sanction with an early plea.
Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Careless Conduct, Low Impact and High Contact. The incident was classified as a $1500 sanction as a first offence. The player can accept a $1000 sanction with an early plea.
Grant Birchall, Brisbane Lions, has been charged with Striking Joel Selwood, Geelong Cats, during the second quarter of the Round Six match between the Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions, played at the SCG on Thursday July 9.
In summary he can accept a $1000 sanction with an early plea.
Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Intentional Conduct with Low Impact and Body Contact. The incident was classified as a $1500 sanction as a first offence. The player can accept a $1000 sanction with an early plea.
Incident assessed:
The match day report laid against Geelong Cats' Gary Rohan (see the incident below) for contact on Brisbane Lions' Brandon Starcevich from the first quarter of Thursday night's match was assessed. Zach Tuohy kicks the ball forward for Geelong towards Rohan. Starcevich moves backwards to intercept the ball and in the process of contesting the ball Rohan makes high contact to Starcevich. It was the view of the MRO that Rohan's actions were not unreasonable in the circumstances. No further action was taken.
*Financial Sanctions for 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season:
Please note, all financial sanctions payable under any existing code, rules or policy (including Tribunal fines, Code of Conduct, AFL Rules and AFL Regulations) will be reduced by 50 per cent for the 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. The amounts listed above are the amended financial sanctions payable.
Match Review, R6: Cat speedster charged for Lester bump
JULY 10, 2020
The AFL advises the Match Review of last night's Round Six match between the Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions has been completed. Two charges were laid with one other incident requiring an explanation.
Charges Laid:
Gary Rohan, Geelong Cats, has been charged with Engaging in Rough Conduct against Ryan Lester, Brisbane Lions, during the first quarter of the Round Six match between the Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions, played at the SCG on Thursday July 9.
In summary he can accept a $1000 sanction with an early plea.
Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Careless Conduct, Low Impact and High Contact. The incident was classified as a $1500 sanction as a first offence. The player can accept a $1000 sanction with an early plea.
Grant Birchall, Brisbane Lions, has been charged with Striking Joel Selwood, Geelong Cats, during the second quarter of the Round Six match between the Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions, played at the SCG on Thursday July 9.
In summary he can accept a $1000 sanction with an early plea.
Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Intentional Conduct with Low Impact and Body Contact. The incident was classified as a $1500 sanction as a first offence. The player can accept a $1000 sanction with an early plea.
Incident assessed:
The match day report laid against Geelong Cats' Gary Rohan (see the incident below) for contact on Brisbane Lions' Brandon Starcevich from the first quarter of Thursday night's match was assessed. Zach Tuohy kicks the ball forward for Geelong towards Rohan. Starcevich moves backwards to intercept the ball and in the process of contesting the ball Rohan makes high contact to Starcevich. It was the view of the MRO that Rohan's actions were not unreasonable in the circumstances. No further action was taken.
*Financial Sanctions for 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season:
Please note, all financial sanctions payable under any existing code, rules or policy (including Tribunal fines, Code of Conduct, AFL Rules and AFL Regulations) will be reduced by 50 per cent for the 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. The amounts listed above are the amended financial sanctions payable.
Injuries on the rise: Why AFL footballers are 'running the gauntlet'
Soft-tissue and contact injuries continue to ravage AFL teams in season 2020
By Marc McGowan - 6 hrs ago
Soft-tissue injuries are on the rise in recent rounds. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Photos
THE DEVIL is in the detail.
A quick look at the number of games missed through injury this AFL season – without the necessary context – would suggest sports scientists are having a career-best year.
THE FULL INJURY LIST Who is racing the clock?
To round five in the past two seasons, AFL footballers had missed 573 and 647 matches, respectively. This year that number was 370.
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However, the figure is deceiving, because many players with long-term injuries benefited from the multi-month, COVID-19 shutdown period.
Think Jack Ziebell. Ollie Wines. Stefan Martin. Blake Hardwick. Charlie Ballard. Even Tim Taranto, Jarman Impey and Luke Davies-Uniacke, who will return in the coming weeks.
An injured Jack Ziebell looks on during North's R4 clash with Hawthorn. Picture: AFL Photos
What's concerning is the week-on-week increase since the season resumed a month ago, after a four-week mini-pre-season, as revealed by Australian sports scientist Joel Mason.
Mason is working as a researcher at the Jena Institute of Sport Science in Germany and also recorded the alarming post-lockdown injury spike in the Bundesliga.
The 11 hamstring setbacks in the AFL across rounds four and five this year dwarf the three recorded cases from the same span in 2019. There were two more in the opening game of round six.
Fit for Footy's Leroy Lobo, who worked at Greater Western Sydney for seven years and consulted for the Swans, told AFL.com.au the trend may continue for some time yet.
INJURY SPIKE FEARS Gawn flags concerns ahead of training return
"Part of it is building up and players reconditioning, so you'll get some early carnage," Lobo said.
"It'll be at least the next four to six weeks. The problem lies now in the schedule, when you've got some teams backing up in five days.
"That's not even mentioning the interstate hubs and all the associated issues with not being in your own home and doing all the normal things you would do to recover."
Nat Fyfe with his hamstring iced up during Fremantle's R4 clash with Gold Coast. Picture: AFL Photos
FIXTURE CRAM AFL looks at extra games in next six weeks
Lobo said one positive was contact injuries should decrease quicker than the above timeline, as footballers reacclimatise to bracing for tackles, landing from marking contests and regular collisions.
The AFL put a four-week contact ban on full-group sessions in the wake of Conor McKenna's positive COVID-19 test, so that, perhaps, delayed the process.
This could be one explanation for why syndesmosis injuries have been so prevalent since the resumption, although they've already been on the rise in recent seasons.
Bomber Jake Stringer, Richmond's Dion Prestia and Toby Nankervis and Western Bulldog Lin Jong all suffered syndesmosis setbacks last weekend.
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Published on Jul 3, 2020, 10:05pm
Stringer's big night ends on a sore note
Jake Stringer limps from the field with a sore right leg after landing awkwardly
Jong was the third Bulldog in as many weeks to go down with that injury, behind Aaron Naughton and Josh Dunkley.
Deakin University PhD candidate and St Kilda sports science analyst Daniel Hoffman completed a detailed study of AFL injuries between 1997 and 2016 that analysed incidence, severity, prevalence and recurrence.
There are typically only four or five syndesmosis injuries in an entire season, so the high number this year is startling.
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Published on Jun 25, 2020, 8:35pm
Naughton's night ends early after ankle worry
The Bulldogs suffer an unfortunate blow with Aaron Naughton forced to leave the game after injuring his ankle
It's all happening despite shorter quarters – 16 minutes and time on – and longer breaks between goals and between terms for recovery purposes.
The problem, Lobo said, was contact and high-speed running were still major parts of Australian Football, so the quarter reduction may aid performance more than it mitigated injuries.
Club fitness staff are learning, too, in a situation they've never presided over before, with West Coast coach Adam Simpson conceding they may have pushed their players too hard last week.
Greater Western Sydney's Leon Cameron said teams were "running the gauntlet" more than previous seasons with soft-tissue injuries because of the compromised preparation.
"You can't pick your team on thinking, 'Oh, we have to go in with 22 but we can't play him, because he might do a hamstring'," Cameron said mid-week.
"You look at history but you also look at the loads the players have built up and that's why it's important to play these lower-level (scratch) games … so when they're called upon they're match fit as best they can.
"Survival of the fittest is something that's been bandied around at the start of the year and it's probably going to be a true indicator."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/463519/...why-afl-footballers-are-running-the-gauntlet-
Soft-tissue and contact injuries continue to ravage AFL teams in season 2020
By Marc McGowan - 6 hrs ago
Soft-tissue injuries are on the rise in recent rounds. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Photos
THE DEVIL is in the detail.
A quick look at the number of games missed through injury this AFL season – without the necessary context – would suggest sports scientists are having a career-best year.
THE FULL INJURY LIST Who is racing the clock?
To round five in the past two seasons, AFL footballers had missed 573 and 647 matches, respectively. This year that number was 370.
SHARE
11:20MINS
Published on 3 days
What happens when you get a 'crap sandwich'? Ross tells coaches what to say
Ross Lyon on Richmond's 'massive challenge', the role of a coach in a hub, and naming underdone players
However, the figure is deceiving, because many players with long-term injuries benefited from the multi-month, COVID-19 shutdown period.
Think Jack Ziebell. Ollie Wines. Stefan Martin. Blake Hardwick. Charlie Ballard. Even Tim Taranto, Jarman Impey and Luke Davies-Uniacke, who will return in the coming weeks.
An injured Jack Ziebell looks on during North's R4 clash with Hawthorn. Picture: AFL Photos
What's concerning is the week-on-week increase since the season resumed a month ago, after a four-week mini-pre-season, as revealed by Australian sports scientist Joel Mason.
Mason is working as a researcher at the Jena Institute of Sport Science in Germany and also recorded the alarming post-lockdown injury spike in the Bundesliga.
The 11 hamstring setbacks in the AFL across rounds four and five this year dwarf the three recorded cases from the same span in 2019. There were two more in the opening game of round six.
Fit for Footy's Leroy Lobo, who worked at Greater Western Sydney for seven years and consulted for the Swans, told AFL.com.au the trend may continue for some time yet.
INJURY SPIKE FEARS Gawn flags concerns ahead of training return
"Part of it is building up and players reconditioning, so you'll get some early carnage," Lobo said.
"It'll be at least the next four to six weeks. The problem lies now in the schedule, when you've got some teams backing up in five days.
"That's not even mentioning the interstate hubs and all the associated issues with not being in your own home and doing all the normal things you would do to recover."
Nat Fyfe with his hamstring iced up during Fremantle's R4 clash with Gold Coast. Picture: AFL Photos
FIXTURE CRAM AFL looks at extra games in next six weeks
Lobo said one positive was contact injuries should decrease quicker than the above timeline, as footballers reacclimatise to bracing for tackles, landing from marking contests and regular collisions.
The AFL put a four-week contact ban on full-group sessions in the wake of Conor McKenna's positive COVID-19 test, so that, perhaps, delayed the process.
This could be one explanation for why syndesmosis injuries have been so prevalent since the resumption, although they've already been on the rise in recent seasons.
Bomber Jake Stringer, Richmond's Dion Prestia and Toby Nankervis and Western Bulldog Lin Jong all suffered syndesmosis setbacks last weekend.
SHARE
00:20MINS
Published on Jul 3, 2020, 10:05pm
Stringer's big night ends on a sore note
Jake Stringer limps from the field with a sore right leg after landing awkwardly
Jong was the third Bulldog in as many weeks to go down with that injury, behind Aaron Naughton and Josh Dunkley.
Deakin University PhD candidate and St Kilda sports science analyst Daniel Hoffman completed a detailed study of AFL injuries between 1997 and 2016 that analysed incidence, severity, prevalence and recurrence.
There are typically only four or five syndesmosis injuries in an entire season, so the high number this year is startling.
SHARE
00:18MINS
Published on Jun 25, 2020, 8:35pm
Naughton's night ends early after ankle worry
The Bulldogs suffer an unfortunate blow with Aaron Naughton forced to leave the game after injuring his ankle
It's all happening despite shorter quarters – 16 minutes and time on – and longer breaks between goals and between terms for recovery purposes.
The problem, Lobo said, was contact and high-speed running were still major parts of Australian Football, so the quarter reduction may aid performance more than it mitigated injuries.
Club fitness staff are learning, too, in a situation they've never presided over before, with West Coast coach Adam Simpson conceding they may have pushed their players too hard last week.
Greater Western Sydney's Leon Cameron said teams were "running the gauntlet" more than previous seasons with soft-tissue injuries because of the compromised preparation.
"You can't pick your team on thinking, 'Oh, we have to go in with 22 but we can't play him, because he might do a hamstring'," Cameron said mid-week.
"You look at history but you also look at the loads the players have built up and that's why it's important to play these lower-level (scratch) games … so when they're called upon they're match fit as best they can.
"Survival of the fittest is something that's been bandied around at the start of the year and it's probably going to be a true indicator."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/463519/...why-afl-footballers-are-running-the-gauntlet-
Not sure if there’s many Long owners here (@Ben's Beasts ?) but loooks like he might be in trouble.
Noticed that Simpkin dropped Devon Smith with a swinging arm to the ribs/stomach, off the ball at a boundary throw in. Smith was down for a minute.
As a North supporter and Simpkin owner I think that he would be stiff to get a week but it is a possibility. I believe that he also got a fine for a swinging arm last week.
As a North supporter and Simpkin owner I think that he would be stiff to get a week but it is a possibility. I believe that he also got a fine for a swinging arm last week.
