Darcy Moore knee on Josh Treacy gets no fine, Nick Dal Santo and Garry Lyon surprised

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Former AFL stars have been left surprised by the Match Review Officer’s decision to not sanction Collingwood captain Darcy Moore for, what triple All-Australian Nick Dal Santo has dubbed, a non-football act.

In the dying seconds of the Magpies’ thrilling one-point loss to Fremantle on Sunday, Moore fell into the back of Josh Treacy after the latter had taken a mark in the Dockers’ defensive goalsquare.

The umpire paid a 50m penalty against Moore – who copped the ire of some Fremantle players – as the Dockers held on for a tight victory.

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But Moore on Monday avoided any sanction, with his contact on Treacy not mentioned in the MRO’s report. Herald Sun reporter Jon Ralph explained why that was the case on Fox Footy’s On The Couch.

“The MRO certainly looked at it,” Ralph told On The Couch. “They classified that it was a 50m penalty, which was a sufficient penalty.

“Freo didn’t report any injuries, so he’s got a clean bill of health – though he (Treacy) wasn’t thrilled at that stage (immediately after the incident).

“The MRO judged that Treacy dived forward, Moore dived after him, it wasn’t sufficiently ‘careless’ for a fine.”

Triple premiership Tiger Jack Riewoldt said Moore’s act was worthy of a ban.

“I reckon he’s lucky. I reckon that’s a suspension,” Riewoldt told Fox Footy’s On The Couch.

“That is a knee into the kidneys of a player – a vulnerable player who’s on the ground. Surely that’s late, isn’t it?”

Seven-time All-Australian Nathan Buckley added: “I think he’s lucky. I thought it was sloppy … I think it could’ve got a week.

“I can understand why it wasn’t cited, but I think he (Moore) would be wiping the brow.”

But speaking on Fox Sports News’ AFL Tonight, Dal Santo suggested Moore should’ve been financially penalised.

“I think that’s worthy of a fine. It was worthy of a 50m penalty at a minimum,” Dal Santo told Fox Sports News’ AFL Tonight.

“You look at those acts … it’s not a football act. There’s other accidents that happen in the game, but that’s not one of them.

“But nothing more than a fine.”

Australian Football Hall of Fame member Garry Lyon said he was surprised Moore avoided a sanction.

“This is not a good look for the Collingwood captain, I’m sorry,” Lyon told Fox Footy’s AFL 360.

“I’m surprised he wasn’t given a fine, to be perfectly honest, dropping double knees into the back of (Treacy). There was no reason to drop his knees into the back of as player when he’s in that situation.

“I don’t think Darcy would be too proud of that when he looks back at that. It would’ve only been a fine, I’m not suggesting a suspension.”

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