The whistle had gone while Hodge wrestled with the Port player in the goalsquare, Wingard chased the ball through the behind line, so the ball was "dead. Wingard had the right not to expect ANY contact. Shane I think Hodge was going for the elbow to the head, the shoulder into the goalpost was the failsafe backup option. Hodge's expression as he ran at Wingard was one of a man intending to inflict as much physical damage to Wingard as possible. How that was ANY less intentional and out of the play than what Silvagni did last week I can not fathom. A disgraceful performance by the MRP who should have at least referred it straight to the tribunal in the first place. Apologies to Alister Nicholson, blind rage does interfere with the ability to remember names sometimes.
