NRL Round 18 Judiciary Update: JWH to Dispute Charge

[King Salvo]

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Michael Jennings have entered their pleas after being cited by the Match Review Committee in Round 18.

Waerea-Hargreaves submitted a plea of guilty for his Grade Two Careless High Tackle Charge, however, will contest the grading of the charge at a Judiciary hearing on Tuesday evening (tonight).

If the charge is successfully downgraded, Waerea-Hargreaves will receive a $3000 fine. If unsuccessful however, he will be unavailable for four matches.

Jennings has entered an early guilty plea in relation to his Grade One Careless High Tackle Charge. As a result, he will receive a monetary fine of $1000 and will be available for the Roosters' Round 20 match.

Originally published Monday July 8 at 10:05am

Following the Sydney Roosters Round 18 match against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Michael Jennings have been cited by the Match Review Committee.

Waerea-Hargreaves was issued with a Grade Two Careless High Tackle Charge for an incident that occurred in the 17th minute of the match.

Should Waerea-Hargreaves elect to enter an early guilty plea, he will be unavailable for three matches.

If found guilty at the judiciary, however, he will be unavailable for four matches.

Jennings was issued with a Grade One Careless High Tackle for an incident that occurred in the 36th minute of the match.

Should Jennings elect to enter an early guilty plea, he will receive a monetary fine of $1000.

If found guilty at the judiciary, however, he will receive a monetary fine of $1500.

Waerea-Hargreaves and Jennings have until Tuesday at 12pm to enter their pleas.

There were no other judiciary concerns for the other players that featured in the match.

https://www.roosters.com.au/news/202...-pair-charged/

[BigCok007]

Great news! Worth the roll of the dice imo

[Timmah]

10 in the bin should have been sufficient. Absolute BS that Jared now has to face suspension or fine as well. These bloody clowns have the most biased agenda against the big dog, always have.
In the immortal words of Darryl Kerrigan- “tell ‘em to get stuffed”.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

1 more week, or no weeks at all - definitely worth a shot

[Spirit of 66]

There is no logic or consistency in the judiciary process. The outcome is a lottery and depends on the vested interests of those sitting on the panel.

I haven't closely reviewed the incident but I would be surprised if he is successful.

[Carlos Parra]

It's a good move and I think he is a 50/50 chance of being successful. I've watched the tackle several times and I can't see where he first connected with the opponent's head with his arm.

[player 1]

There is no logic or consistency in the judiciary process. The outcome is a lottery and depends on the vested interests of those sitting on the panel.

I haven't closely reviewed the incident but I would be surprised if he is successful.

My personal gaslighting favourite by the judiciary when Billy Slater was found not to have shoulder charged a player, so he could play in his last GF against us. Proof they can do anything they want with zero accountability.

[Spirit of 66]

My personal gaslighting favourite by the judiciary when Billy Slater was found not to have shoulder charged a player, so he could play in his last GF against us. Proof they can do anything they want with zero accountability.

As it turned out, that worked in our favour as the crowd booing directed at Slater was so loud it made Latrell Mitchell's post-Manu reception sound like a polite round of applause. Slater had a very quiet game and the usual critics (Tallis et al) went on about how the Roosters's fans showed a lack of respect.

[Spirit of 66]

It's a good move and I think he is a 50/50 chance of being successful. I've watched the tackle several times and I can't see where he first connected with the opponent's head with his arm.

I really hope you're right, but these guys have proven time and again that they see what they want to see.

[Half time]

My personal gaslighting favourite by the judiciary when Billy Slater was found not to have shoulder charged a player, so he could play in his last GF against us. Proof they can do anything they want with zero accountability.

yep absolutely correct. Imagine if that was a rooster player, not only would he have been suspended for the grand final but also for many matches to start the next year.

[Bates]

It's a good move and I think he is a 50/50 chance of being successful. I've watched the tackle several times and I can't see where he first connected with the opponent's head with his arm.

My mate works for Fox Sports. He reckons that it's BS that there's more camera angles available to the bunker. Apparently they see what we see with the only difference being the ability to pause and slow the plays down.

[King Salvo]

I think JWH will need a lot of luck and a nostalgic-minded judicial panel to get a downgrade.

The case will resolve around the level of force and I assume contact (mitigating circumstances)

Slow it down and go frame by frame

https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/07/07/...nt-to-the-bin/






Final Decision

• Grade 1 Charges will generally see key indicators in the low to moderate range with no aggravating factors.
• Grade 2 Charges will generally see key Indicators in the moderate range with some aggravating factors. There may also be some other mitigating factors.
• Grade 3 Charges will generally see key indicators in the moderate to high range with several aggravating factors. There is generally no mitigating factors for the player charged.

[Vasco]

There is no logic or consistency in the judiciary process. The outcome is a lottery and depends on the vested interests of those sitting on the panel.

I haven't closely reviewed the incident but I would be surprised if he is successful.

Unfortunately that's what it boils down to. An extra week off would be a blow to him and the club but they must feel confident.

[zac]

i didn't see much contact with the head but haven't seen an up close replay so can't comment. hope he gets off

[The Lip]

Unfortunately that's what it boils down to. An extra week off would be a blow to him and the club but they must feel confident.

I don't necessarily think they would be confident it's just the asymmetric profile of the three outcomes. Fight it and win zero weeks , fight it and lose 4 weeks or don't fight it 3 weeks - if the punishment was weeks in jail and it was you no matter your confidence level you're fighting it with that profile aren't you?