AFL Northern Territory (AFLNT) wishes to advise the appeal lodged by Southern Districts Football Club in the matter of Keegan Dingo has been dismissed.
While the appeal lodged by Southern Districts Football Club in the matter of Pierce Liddle has been adjourned until next Monday 26 February, due to lack of availability of counsel.
KEEGAN DINGO
The independent Appeal Board found Southern Districts had no grounds to appeal the original Tribunal’s decision made on Wednesday 7 February 2018.
Southern Districts had argued points A and B of rule 4.3 Grounds for Appeal under the 2017 State and Territory Tribunal Guidelines:
4.3 Grounds for Appeal
Except where otherwise determined by the Controlling Body, a Person, Club and/or the Controlling Body, may appeal to the Appeal Board in respect of a decision made by the Tribunal under these Guidelines on one or more of the following grounds:
a) that there was an error of law;
b) that the decision was so unreasonable that no Tribunal acting reasonably could have come to that decision having regard to the evidence before it;
c) the classification of the level of the offence was manifestly excessive or inadequate; or
d) that the sanction imposed was manifestly excessive or inadequate.
On Wednesday 7 February Dingo of the Southern Districts Football Club was found guilty for the charge of rough conduct for an incident during the second quarter of the Round 16 TIO NTFL Men’s Premier League game between Tiwi Bombers Football Club and Southern Districts played at Tiwi Oval on Saturday 3 February 2018.
AFLNT will now commence steps to deregister the player as he has completed his sentence and the prescribed penalty has placed him beyond the 15-game suspension threshold allowed under national AFL policy.
A player/official who has been deregistered may not appeal their deregistration until at least 12 months after the date on which they were deregistered.
