The Brisbane Lions’ Daniel Merrett has been put on report for a late hit on the Melbourne Demon’s Cameron Pedersen.
The incident occurred in the fourth quarter of the teams’ Round 19 AFL clash at Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
With the Dees leading 49-36 with less than 17 minutes remaining, Melbourne’s Dom Tyson launched a kick to Pedersen from inside their defensive 50. As the Demon took the mark, a late fisted spoil from Merrett resulted in a simultaneous forearm to the nose of Pedersen.
A 50m penalty was awarded to Melbourne as Pedersen left the field for the blood bin after suffering a suspected broken nose from the incident.
Merrett then kicked the next goal as Brisbane ended up winning the match 74-51 to go eight points ahead of the bottom three sides of Melbourne, GWS and St Kilda.
The AFL’s Match Review Panel will determine the outcome of Merrett’s report on Monday evening and, coming just days after Tyrone Vickery’s ban, what will be the MRP’s verdict?
mattyb
Guest
Gene,would you classify that as a king hit?I know it didn't knock him out and I agree with you as regards to vickery's being in play,but conca's tripe is surely not on.Bad tempered at best.
mattyb
Guest
Agree there should be more talk on conca.The tigers sure are living up to that yellow streak they have running through their jumper.
fiver
Guest
If that happened in League, it would be 12 weeks minimum too.
fiver
Guest
Conca's elbow was all over the Today show this morning, wonder why the Roar hasn't mentioned it?
ShmaxShmillas
Roar Rookie
His eyes on the footy will go for him granted it was a tad late but he genuinely thought he could get there and I don't believe there was any malicious intent. The big question mark is over his judicial record, which I believe will rub him out for at least a match.
Cat
Roar Guru
The one we should be talking about is the 'king elbow' Conca threw into the back of an unsuspecting Brisbane player's head. That should be a straight to tribunal for mine.
Nordburg
Guest
Merritt hasnt really lived up to the hype commentators give him,especially Triple M.Any chance Lions would trade him for another big man?Dont know if any are out there though -- Comment from The Roar's iPhone app.