Essendon big man Patrick Ryder has accepted a reprimand for tripping Dan Nicholson in Saturday night’s loss to Melbourne.
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The match review panel assessed the incident as reckless conduct (two points), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point).
He has an existing bad record of one match suspended within the last three years, increasing the penalty by 10 per cent to 88 demerit points and a reprimand. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 66 points towards his future record.
Forward Leroy Jetta has been cleared by the match review panel for his actions. The panel said Jetta had the ball and was trying to avoid being tackled as he prepared to kick for goal.
Melbourne’s Joel Macdonald dispossessed Jetta with an attempted tackle and Jetta exaggerated the contact by falling backwards as he went to ground. The panel said that while Jetta's actions were exaggerated, it was their view they were not excessive in nature and he did not feign illegal contact.
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