Richmond younger gun Tyler Sonsie has escaped with a three-match ban for an unpleasant off-the-ball strike at VFL stage on Sunday.
With his facet main by two targets late within the match, Sonsie appeared to lose his cool and lash out at North Melbourne opponent Tom Cappellari.
Vision reveals the duo tangle over the boundary line within the match on the Swinburne Centre in Melbourne earlier than Sonsie reacts.
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Getting to his toes, Sonsie goes again at Cappellari and seems to land a blow to the chin of the Roo.
Cappellari is then seen clutching at his face on the turf.
The incident was graded intentional conduct with extreme impression and excessive contact.
At the VFL Tribunal on Tuesday evening, Sonsie pleaded responsible to hanging, however efficiently argued extreme impression right down to excessive.
That would often lead to a four-match sanction, however Sonsie’s responsible plea to the cost of hanging meant the sanction was decreased to a few matches.
It was a penalty dubbed “woefully inadequate” by AFL 360 co-host Gerard Whateley on Tuesday evening and one which “can’t be allowed to stand”.
Co-host Mark Robinson agreed, labelling the choice “rubbish”.
“There’s some words being exchanged, but you’re not expecting someone … you can’t walk up to a player and punch him in the face like that,” he stated.
“James Sicily got three weeks for a tackle in an act of play. Whether you agree with it or not, we’re starting to get our heads around it but that (Sonsie’s strike) is a blatant act of violence on the football field.
“We have just been smashing two s***heads for bashing up Jack Ziebell and we have the same violence on the field and we get a three week suspension.
“I get so frustrated with the inconsistency of footy and the inconsistency of life.”
Originally revealed as ‘Can’t be allowed to face’: VFL Tribunal slammed over ‘king hit’ resolution
Source: www.news.com.au
