Post review of Silvagni's charge;
The MRP classified Silvangi's hit on Cripps as Intentional, High Impact, High Contact which goes to the tribunal.
That classification was made when all the talk had been that Cripps had a broken or fractured jaw, hence the High Impact.
An MRP classification of Intentional, Medium Impact, High Contact would have been 3 matches (down to 2 with Guilty plea).
So, it goes to the tribunal, new medical reports indicate no concussion, no structural damage and Cripps will most likely play next week (The Slime dressed it up to make it look much worse, but read between the lines and there's not much to it).
Somehow, Silvagni ends up with a suspension of 5 weeks (down to 4 weeks with a guilty plea).
Or put another way, 2 weeks worse off than a standard MRP classification of Intentional, Medium, High (or Careless, High, High).
As I have previously posted, Silvagni has been severely sentenced because of the media storm.
Had Silvagni broken Cripps' jaw and sidelined him for any period of time, then a sentence of 5 plus weeks would be understandable. But that didn't happen.
There was also lots of talk about the use of his elbow and how that just was not on. Well elbows are not like biting. Every year many players are cited by the MRP for errant elbows. Dawson got 3 weeks (down to 2) only recently for an elbow which caused a split nose.
Once again, Freo have copped a raw deal and once again we just accept it because the general public were set up to accept it.