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AFL Fines Gold Coast Suns $20,000 for Fifth Umpire Contact Incident
The AFL imposed a $20,000 fine on the Gold Coast Suns after a fifth incident this season involving a player making careless contact with an umpire. Daniel Rioli was found guilty of the latest offence.
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The AFL imposed a $20,000 fine on the Gold Coast Suns after the fifth incident this season of a player making careless contact with an umpire. Daniel Rioli was found guilty of making careless contact with an umpire during the Suns' match against Geelong last weekend. The AFL tribunal upheld the charge against Rioli on Tuesday night.
The league handed down the club-wide penalty on Wednesday. Officials had warned all clubs before the season and again in May that repeated incidents would trigger sanctions once five cases occurred. "This season, we have continued to observe a high number of umpire contact incidents across the league," an AFL official said in a statement.
" Fines will be issued at the league's discretion if additional Suns players are found guilty of careless umpire contact.
The Suns' loss to Geelong was by 45 points.
Officials stated they do not want the trend of umpire contact incidents to continue.
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