FIND out what’s being said about the club in the major daily newspapers on Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Herald Sun
Trengove cleared of slinging tackle
By Bruce Matthews
THE tackle is still alive in the AFL, but players have been warned they will be responsible for any head or neck injury to an opponent. The AFL match review panel inferred young Melbourne midfielder Jack Trengove was lucky Bulldog Callan Ward's shoulder took the brunt of his fall in a tackle, rather than his head. Trengove, who served a three-match suspension for a tackle earlier in the season, and St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt were among nine players cleared after video scrutiny of incidents at the weekend. The panel decided Riewoldt's kneeing action against North Melbourne defender Lachlan Hansen was not of sufficient force to make it a reportable offence. Trengove's wrap-up tackle on Ward, which earned the Demon a free kick in the third quarter last Friday night, was viewed as a banned slinging motion. But the match review panel let him off on the basis that there was "no significant impact on the head/neck area" and that Ward was not injured. Melbourne midfielder Brent Moloney was the only player cited from Round 15, but he can escape with a reprimand and 93.75 carry-over demerit points for rough conduct against Bulldog Ryan Griffen.
The Australian
Trengove sling escapes sanction
By Greg Denham
MELBOURNE midfielder Jack Trengove yesterday escaped a second suspension this season for tackling dangerously when his challenge on the Western Bulldogs' Callan Ward was not assessed as rough conduct. Ward did not receive an injury to his head or neck region, which was the determining factor in saving Trengove from a penalty, despite the match review panel deeming his action a sling tackle. In a statement from the panel, it said in part that while the action was a slinging motion, the impact "on this occasion" was below that required to constitute a reportable offence. "The majority of the contact to the ground was to Ward's shoulder and there was no significant impact on Ward's head/ neck area," the panel said. "The Western Bulldogs player was immediately able to continue in the game when play proceeded. A medical report from the Western Bulldogs said Ward had sustained no injury and required no treatment after the incident."
Trengove cleared of slinging tackle
By Bruce Matthews
THE tackle is still alive in the AFL, but players have been warned they will be responsible for any head or neck injury to an opponent. The AFL match review panel inferred young Melbourne midfielder Jack Trengove was lucky Bulldog Callan Ward's shoulder took the brunt of his fall in a tackle, rather than his head. Trengove, who served a three-match suspension for a tackle earlier in the season, and St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt were among nine players cleared after video scrutiny of incidents at the weekend. The panel decided Riewoldt's kneeing action against North Melbourne defender Lachlan Hansen was not of sufficient force to make it a reportable offence. Trengove's wrap-up tackle on Ward, which earned the Demon a free kick in the third quarter last Friday night, was viewed as a banned slinging motion. But the match review panel let him off on the basis that there was "no significant impact on the head/neck area" and that Ward was not injured. Melbourne midfielder Brent Moloney was the only player cited from Round 15, but he can escape with a reprimand and 93.75 carry-over demerit points for rough conduct against Bulldog Ryan Griffen.
The Australian
Trengove sling escapes sanction
By Greg Denham
MELBOURNE midfielder Jack Trengove yesterday escaped a second suspension this season for tackling dangerously when his challenge on the Western Bulldogs' Callan Ward was not assessed as rough conduct. Ward did not receive an injury to his head or neck region, which was the determining factor in saving Trengove from a penalty, despite the match review panel deeming his action a sling tackle. In a statement from the panel, it said in part that while the action was a slinging motion, the impact "on this occasion" was below that required to constitute a reportable offence. "The majority of the contact to the ground was to Ward's shoulder and there was no significant impact on Ward's head/ neck area," the panel said. "The Western Bulldogs player was immediately able to continue in the game when play proceeded. A medical report from the Western Bulldogs said Ward had sustained no injury and required no treatment after the incident."
