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Solomon charge referred to AFL tribunal
(AAP) - The AFL Tribunal could end Dean Solomon's season on Tuesday night, after the Fremantle bad boy joined Barry Hall as the secondplayer this year to have a hit deemed too extreme for a set penalty.
Solomon's ugly elbow to the face of Geelong tagger Cameron Ling is likely to earn him a suspension in the vicinity of the seven-match ban handed to Sydney's Hall three months ago for his infamous swing at West Coast's Brent Staker.
The Dockers hardman is not the only player facing a sizeable penalty, with West Coast's Daniel Kerr accepting a three-match ban, while Sydney's Amon Buchanan was handed five.
North Melbourne's Daniel Pratt was served a three-game suspension and Solomon's team-mate Ryan Crowley faces one match sidelined.
Ling emerged from hospital on Monday after surgery on Sunday in which he had a plate inserted to repair a compressed cheekbone fracture, which is expected to sideline him for up to four matches.
Solomon publicly apologised to his victim after the match and has since phoned him to personally repeat the apology.
But his expressions of remorse did not sway the match review panel from taking the most extreme response available to them.
They assessed the act as intentional high contact, causing severe impact, meaning it had to be referred directly to the tribunal.
Whatever penalty the tribunal deems appropriate for the former Essendon premiership player's vicious act will be increased because of his poor prior disciplinary record.
Previous suspensions, including a two-game ban for crashing into Collingwood's Shane Wakelin in round one this year, leave him facing a 30 per cent penalty loading, plus carryover demerit points.
His expected guilty plea will also be taken into account, as it was in Hall's case, in which the tribunal jury was instructed to consider a 25 per cent discount.
A ban of seven games or greater for Solomon would end his season.
In a weekend of crude incidents, Buchanan was charged with engaging in rough conduct for a heavy shoulder charge to the head of Hawthorn's Luke Hodge during the Swans' 31-point loss at the MCG on Sunday.
Kerr was charged with striking Richmond's Matt White during the Eagles' heavy defeat by the Tigers at Subiaco Oval on Sunday.
Pratt was booked for making unreasonable contact to the face of Port Adelaide's Brett Ebert.
Buchanan, Kerr and Pratt were all hurt by penalty loadings for prior offences.
Buchanan and Pratt can have their bans reduced by one match if they submit an early guilty plea.
Kerr took that option, rather than risk a four-week spell by joining Solomon at the tribunal.
Crowley, cited for striking Geelong star Gary Ablett whom he was tagging in Saturday's match, was also hit with a penalty loading.
It means he faces a one-match suspension regardless of whether he pleads guilty, or takes the case to the tribunal and loses.
Solomon's ugly elbow to the face of Geelong tagger Cameron Ling is likely to earn him a suspension in the vicinity of the seven-match ban handed to Sydney's Hall three months ago for his infamous swing at West Coast's Brent Staker.
The Dockers hardman is not the only player facing a sizeable penalty, with West Coast's Daniel Kerr accepting a three-match ban, while Sydney's Amon Buchanan was handed five.
North Melbourne's Daniel Pratt was served a three-game suspension and Solomon's team-mate Ryan Crowley faces one match sidelined.
Ling emerged from hospital on Monday after surgery on Sunday in which he had a plate inserted to repair a compressed cheekbone fracture, which is expected to sideline him for up to four matches.
Solomon publicly apologised to his victim after the match and has since phoned him to personally repeat the apology.
But his expressions of remorse did not sway the match review panel from taking the most extreme response available to them.
They assessed the act as intentional high contact, causing severe impact, meaning it had to be referred directly to the tribunal.
Whatever penalty the tribunal deems appropriate for the former Essendon premiership player's vicious act will be increased because of his poor prior disciplinary record.
Previous suspensions, including a two-game ban for crashing into Collingwood's Shane Wakelin in round one this year, leave him facing a 30 per cent penalty loading, plus carryover demerit points.
His expected guilty plea will also be taken into account, as it was in Hall's case, in which the tribunal jury was instructed to consider a 25 per cent discount.
A ban of seven games or greater for Solomon would end his season.
In a weekend of crude incidents, Buchanan was charged with engaging in rough conduct for a heavy shoulder charge to the head of Hawthorn's Luke Hodge during the Swans' 31-point loss at the MCG on Sunday.
Kerr was charged with striking Richmond's Matt White during the Eagles' heavy defeat by the Tigers at Subiaco Oval on Sunday.
Pratt was booked for making unreasonable contact to the face of Port Adelaide's Brett Ebert.
Buchanan, Kerr and Pratt were all hurt by penalty loadings for prior offences.
Buchanan and Pratt can have their bans reduced by one match if they submit an early guilty plea.
Kerr took that option, rather than risk a four-week spell by joining Solomon at the tribunal.
Crowley, cited for striking Geelong star Gary Ablett whom he was tagging in Saturday's match, was also hit with a penalty loading.
It means he faces a one-match suspension regardless of whether he pleads guilty, or takes the case to the tribunal and loses.
