Tribunal and MRP

[Mitcha]

I posted on another thread that I thought Lobb was in trouble. Rewatching that vision you could argue that his fist hit the ball first and rebounded onto the septics head. Genuine spoiling attempt.

[GVGjr]

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To me this is a pure accident as Lobb is trying to punch the ball. At worse it should be a fine for careless.

On the limited vision I have seen it looks like Lobb hit the hand of Cox first. Not sure if that gives him any room to appeal.

[jazzadogs]

On the limited vision I have seen it looks like Lobb hit the hand of Cox first. Not sure if that gives him any room to appeal.

There's definitely an angle (sort of behind Lobbs head) which looks like he hits the hand/ball first and then rebounds into the jaw and glasses of the big gumby.

Could be what gets him off.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Lobb cleared

[Bornadog]

Lobb cleared

The right decision.

McRae a dickhead for his outburst

[Grantysghost]

Gee wiz that's lucky.

The non swinging arm was a good thing.

[azabob]

Where has it been reported that Lobb is cleared?

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Where has it been reported that Lobb is cleared?

There are journos saying he will be cleared. Not sure where they're getting that info.

Edit: now reported on afl.com.au

[jazzadogs]

Unreal. On ya Lobbster!

[Bornadog]

From AFL.com.au

FOOTSCRAY swingman Rory Lobb has escaped sanction for an accidental strike on Collingwood ruckman Mason Cox in the dying stages of Friday night's clash at the MCG.

Cox was forced to leave the field after being struck in the face by an errant fist from Lobb as he attempted to spoil from behind.

The American Pie was waiting to mark a ball on the wing as Lobb closed in fast but he got to the contest a split-second late, missing the ball and instead getting Cox flush in the face.

However, the match review officer believed Lobb "made a genuine attempt to spoil" and no further action was taken.

"The incident involving the Western Bulldogs' Rory Lobb and Collingwood's Mason Cox from the fourth quarter of Friday's match was assessed," the League said in a statement on Saturday.

"It was the view of the MRO that Lobb made a genuine attempt to spoil and that it was not reasonably foreseeable his actions would result in a reportable offence being committed."

00:46 22 hrs Cox left bloodied after Lobb gets him high


Rory Lobb could come under MRO scrutiny for this spoil gone wrong on Mason Cox

In his post-match press conference, Collingwood coach Craig McRae believed Lobb would have a case to answer for the incident.

"It looks like he got a couple of stitches in his eye," McRae said on Friday night.

"He didn't come back on the ground. I'm not too sure we're too concerned about that, but we'll have to monitor him in the next period. It looks on the vision like he got punched in the face and he got a couple of stitches.

"The guy leaves the ground with a couple of stitches ... Potentially (it was his glasses that did the damage), but he got punched in the face."

While Lobb escaped sanction, two others have been hit with a fine.

Magpies forward Beau McCreery (misconduct) and Bulldogs midfielder Ed Richards (careless contact with an umpire) have both been slapped with a $1000 fine (with an early guilty plea).

[Stevo]

There was a huge sigh of relief at the Stevo household when Lobb's name was cleared.

[Bornadog]

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[jazzadogs]

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About right for mine. Lucky he didn't knock him out, the hit was no better than the one he got weeks for last year. Silly goose.

[GVGjr]

About right for mine. Lucky he didn't knock him out, the hit was no better than the one he got weeks for last year. Silly goose.

He left the ground to deliver the bump so he is lucky that there was no injury. 2 weeks seems about right.

[Bornadog]

Collingwood has accepoted the 2 matches for Houston