Monday 22 August 2011

MRP Stuns World: Uses common-sense; Waters Cleared

In a move that has shook the very foundations of the AFL world, the Match Review Panel today cleared Beau Waters of rough conduct.

The Panel applied what can only be termed 'logic', a system foreign to the MRP, in throwing out the charge. They deemed  that the "high contact was accidental and not unreasonable in the circumstances".

The unfortunate legalese of the double negative aside, it was quite evident from where I was sitting, getting my face roasted like a peanut, that Jobe W. Bush ran into Waters. Waters, having the strength of 3 aurox, merely stood his ground and let little Jobe break into a million pieces.

1/3 of Beau Waters' strength

A few fans around me suggested that Watson should be sanctioned for diving. The hilarity of that claim was enhanced by the sincerity of those making it.

So, the MRP got one right. It makes a welcome change for a system renowned for its inconsistencies and lack of clarity.

Still, kudos.



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