On reading the tribunal report, I think my above comment was either something misreported or something I misheard.
Hayden Ballantyne, Fremantle, has been charged with a Level Two striking offence (125 demerit points, one-match sanction) for striking Rhyce Shaw, Sydney, during the second quarter of the Round Five match between Fremantle and Sydney played at the SCG on Saturday April 19, 2014.
In summary, he can accept a reprimand and 93.75 demerit points towards his future record with an early plea.
Based on the video evidence available and a medical report from the Sydney Football Club, the incident was assessed as intentional conduct (three points), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point). This is a total of five activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level Two Offence, drawing 125 demerit points and one-match sanction. He has no existing good or bad record. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 93.75 points and a reprimand.
Hayden Ballantyne, Fremantle, has been charged with a Level One misconduct (kneeing) offence (125 demerit points, one-match sanction) for kneeing Rhyce Shaw, Sydney, during the second quarter of the Round Five match between Fremantle and Sydney played at the SCG on Saturday April 19, 2014.
In summary, he can accept a reprimand and 93.75 demerit points towards his future record with an early plea.
Based on the video evidence available and a medical report from the Sydney Football Club, the incident was assessed as negligent conduct (one point), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point). This is a total of three activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level One Offence, drawing 125 demerit points and one-match sanction. He has no existing good or bad record. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 93.75 points and a reprimand.
Please note, for where a player has been charged with multiple offences during one match, under the Tribunal guidelines the points for each offence where the player either accepts a penalty or is found guilty are added together to form a total amount. For each amount of 100 points in the total penalty, there must be one match served as a result. Please contact James Avery at the AFL on 0447437037 or via return email if you require this to be explained further for accuracy in relation to the two separate charges outlined above for player Ballantyne.
