The match day report laid against Essendon’s Alwyn Davey for engaging in rough conduct against St Kilda’s Nick Dal Santo from Sunday’s match has been assessed.
 
It was the Panel’s view that Dal Santo had tapped the ball away when Davey left the ground and turned his back to make contact. Dal Santo saw Davey coming just before contact was made and turned his head to lessen the impact.
 
This action resulted in Davey only brushing Dal Santo high with negligible impact. The medical evidence submitted by the St Kilda Football Club stated that no treatment was required for Dal Santo. The medical report confirmed the panel’s view that impact was negligible and, as such, no further action was taken.
 
The AFL wishes to advise the Match Review Panel has laid the following charges from the weekend's round of matches.

Charges Laid:

Lynden Dunn, Melbourne, has been charged with negligently making contact with an umpire (Sam Hay), during the first quarter of the Round Eight match between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs, played at the MCG on Saturday May 16, 2009.

In summary, he can accept a $1950 sanction with an early plea.

A first offence for negligently making contact with an umpire is a $2600 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a $1950 sanction. As a note to media, Dunn’s action was not considered reckless as he did not set up directly behind the umpire.

Adam Cooney, Western Bulldogs, has been charged with negligently making contact with an umpire (Sam Hay), during the fourth quarter of the Round Eight match between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne, played at the MCG on Saturday May 16, 2009.

In summary, he can accept a $1950 sanction with an early plea.

A first offence for negligently making contact with an umpire is a $2600 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a $1950 sanction. As a note to media, Cooney’s action was not considered reckless as he did not set up directly behind the umpire.

Cameron Mooney, Geelong Cats, has been charged with a Level Two striking offence against Scott Thompson, North Melbourne, during the first quarter of the Round Eight match between the Geelong Cats and North Melbourne, played at Skilled Stadium on Saturday May 16, 2009.

In summary, his previous poor record means that his one-game sanction cannot be reduced with an early plea.

The incident was assessed as reckless conduct (two points), low impact (one point) and high contact (two points). This is a total of five activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level Two offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction. He has a total of four matches suspended within the last three years, increasing the penalty by 40 per cent to 175 demerit points. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent, to 131.25 points and a one-match sanction.

Martin Mattner, Sydney Swans, has been charged with negligently making contact with an umpire (Chris Donlon), during the first quarter of the Round Eight match between the Sydney Swans and West Coast, played at ANZ Stadium on Saturday May 16, 2009.

In summary, he can accept a $1950 sanction with an early plea.

A first offence for negligently making contact with an umpire is a $2600 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a $1950 sanction. As a note to media, Mattner’s action was not considered reckless as he did not set up directly behind the umpire.

Daniel Jackson, Richmond, has been charged with a first offence for wrestling Chad Cornes, Port Adelaide, during the second quarter of the Round Eight match between Richmond and Port Adelaide, played at AAMI Stadium on Sunday May 17, 2009.

In summary, he can accept a $900 sanction with an early plea.

A first offence for wrestling is a $1200 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a $900 sanction.

Chad Cornes, Port Adelaide, has been charged with a first offence for wrestling Daniel Jackson, Richmond, during the second quarter of the Round Eight match between Port Adelaide and Richmond, played at AAMI Stadium on Sunday May 17, 2009.

In summary, he can accept a $900 sanction with an early plea.

A first offence for wrestling is a $1200 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a $900 sanction.

Eddie Betts, Carlton, has been charged with negligently making contact with an umpire (Mathew James), during the third quarter of the Round Eight match between Carlton and Collingwood, played at the MCG on Sunday May 17, 2009.

In summary, he can accept a $1950 sanction with an early plea.

A first offence for negligently making contact with an umpire is a $2600 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a $1950 sanction. As a note to media, Betts’ action was not considered reckless as he did not set up directly behind the umpire.

OtherIncidents Assessed:

Contact between the Geelong Cats’ Cameron Mooney and North Melbourne’s Lindsay Thomas from the second quarter of Saturday’s match was assessed. Impact was below that required to constitute a reportable offence. No further action was taken.

Contact between West Coast’s Shannon Hurn and the Sydney Swans’ Kieren Jack from the fourth quarter of Saturday’s match was assessed. Hurn ran into the contest with his eyes on the ball at all times. At the very last moment, when it was apparent that contact would be late, Hurn turned his body to lessen the impact with Jack. No further action was taken.

Contact between Collingwood’s Nick Maxwell and Carlton’s Mitch Robinson from the first quarter of Sunday’s match was assessed. Maxwell had his eyes on the ball at all times and just misses the ball with his spoiling action before making high contact. The contact resulted in Robinson going to ground and the Carlton player then hitting his head on the ground. The action was considered a legitimate attempt to spoil and no further action was taken.