Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Escape ... Richie Fa'aoso will miss just one week for his hit on Ash Harrison. Source: COLIN WHELAN / AAP
Manly forward Richie Fa'aoso has been successful in his bid to downgrade his grade three dangerous contact challenge at the NRL judiciary on Wednesday.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Fa'aoso was facing a three-game suspension for his shoulder charge on Gold Coast back-rower Ashley Harrison on Sunday, but will now only miss one game after his charge was reduced to a grade two by the panel of Michael Vella, Sean Garlick and Don McKinnon and he'll sit out Thursday's clash with the Wests Tigers.
The former Melbourne and Newcastle man's defence counsel, Nicholas Ghabar, conceded that the hit on Harrison was illegal but said it was comparable to an incident involving Billy Slater in round two.
Storm star Slater was slugged with a grade one charge when he raced crossfield and used his shoulder to knock over North Queensland winger Antonio Winterstein in the lead up to a try for the Cowboys.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Ghabar said his client's was similar, and the contact to Harrison that knocked him unconscious was not a direct result of shoulder contact, but because of a clash of heads between the two players after Fa'aoso made the challenge.
NRL prosecutor Peter Kite argued that Fa'aoso made a deliberate choice to make the illegal action and by doing so created the possibility of a head clash.
"It was dangerous, reckless and intentional, all of which make up a dangerous contact charge," Kite said.
"It was in the mid to upper end of grading."
Kite also claimed the incident was not comparable to Slater's as the fullback was coming across the field to chase down an opponent and Fa'aoso raced out of the line and had time to pull out of the challenge.
The three-man panel took 20 minutes to reach their decision.
Earlier, Manly coach Geoff Toovey implored the judiciary not to make an example of his prop.
"I hope they don't make an example because there is no example to be made,'' Toovey said.
"He's come in contact with Ashley Harrison's head accidentally and he's been punished for it but we just believe that it's probably a bit too severe.
''... We think that Richie's been particularly hard done by with the grading, so we think it's way too high and we've got a good case, we believe.''
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Fa'aoso charge downgraded
Dengan url
http://olahragasehatiku.blogspot.com/2013/03/faaoso-charge-downgraded.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Fa'aoso charge downgraded
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar