Tippett hearing set for November 30

Updated November 20, 2012 07:55:33

The AFL commission hearing into Kurt Tippett and the Adelaide Crows' conduct will now be held on Friday November 30.

The original hearing into accusations Tippett was paid third-party inducements that was hidden from the AFL, after signing a three year contract in 2009, was set for Monday November 19.

This was delayed after a request from the charged Crows officials to prepare more time for their defence.

Adelaide and its CEO Steven Trigg have been handed three charges in relation to "conduct prejudicial to the draft" and "conduct in breach of the total player payments provisions".

Former manager of football operations John Reid and Tippett will answer two charges.

Current Crows manager of football operations, Phil Harper, has been levied with one charge.

The hearing will take place at 8am (AEDT) local time on Friday week.

The Crows are believed to have promised Tippett a move to his native Queensland at the end of his contract last month, but baulked at the forward requesting a switch to Sydney.

Tippett has claimed he was promised a move wherever he wished to go.

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First posted November 19, 2012 19:09:43

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Angry scenes outside Jurrah hearing

Updated July 24, 2012 11:38:12

There have been angry scenes outside the Alice Springs courthouse where a hearing involving footballer Liam Jurrah is being held.

Police had to subdue a crowd of about 30 people who were yelling and making violent gestures towards another group.

The court has heard Jurrah was part of a group of people alleged to have initiated an attack on another group in a local town camp earlier this year.

He has been charged with four counts of aggravated assault, unlawfully using an offensive weapon at night and causing serious harm.

The Crown alleges Jurrah armed himself with an axe and a nulla nulla and attacked several people during a fight in a town camp.

A witness has told the court he ran away when fighting broke out, but when he returned he saw Jurrah hitting his cousin Basil Jurrah with a machete, and saw the co-accused Christopher Walker "pounding" Basil with an axe.

The prosecution alleges Jurrah attacked several people, including his cousin Basil, who sustained several head injuries including a five-centimetre wound.

Jurrah is one of three men who appeared in court today over the fracas.

The Crown used opening statements of a three-day committal to detail its case against Jurrah, who is alleged to have attacked several people in the camp.

The incident is believed to be part of a feud between families in the remote community of Yuendumu.

Two witnesses testified today, both from either side of the feud, while a third witness failed to appear.

The hearing, which will decide whether the case will proceed to trial, will continue tomorrow.

In line with bail conditions, it is first time Jurrah has been back to the Northern Territory since the alleged incident.

Senior officials from the Melbourne Football Club have accompanied Jurrah, along with his close friend Bruce Hearn Mackinnon.

He has been ordered to avoid contacting family members involved in the case and must stay at an Alice Springs hotel between 7.00pm and 7.00am.

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First posted July 23, 2012 06:58:41

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Roos to front code of conduct hearing

Posted May 25, 2011 16:03:00

Former AFL coach Paul Roos will front a code of conduct hearing on Friday night after running onto the field during a Sydney junior match.

Roos could face anything from a slap on the wrist to a suspension from junior games if the hearing rules against him.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said on Wednesday the former Sydney coach was wrong to go to the aid of a junior player, injured in an off-the-ball incident.

AFL NSW/ACT announced the Greater Sydney Juniors (GSJ) Administration would conduct an investigation, and a separate tribunal hearing, following last Sunday's match between East Bulldogs and Newtown Suns.

The two clubs filed notice of an incident after a Bulldogs player was allegedly felled behind play.

Roos coaches the Bulldogs and admits running onto the field to help his player, who had suffered bruised ribs.

"AFL GSJ Administration received a complaint referred from the Newtown Swans regarding an official entering the playing field and speaking with opposition players and an opposition official," AFL NSW/ACT announced.

"This matter has been referred as a code of conduct hearing.

"A notice of complaint was referred from the East Bulldogs regarding an on-field incident between two players.

"This matter has been referred as a tribunal hearing."

Demetriou said Roos' decision to go onto the field and become involved could have easily led to more violence, and all coaches should know better.

"You can certainly make a statement that that sort of activity on the field is unacceptable," Demetriou said.

"But you shouldn't do that by running onto the field.

"It has the potential to incite more violence and it's certainly not the way we want to go about it."

Roos has defended his behaviour during Sunday's match, arguing that on-field violence should not be condoned.

He has since been praised for raising the issue as a legitimate concern.

The injured player was Darcy Cordell, the son of Swans media manager Jenny McAsey.

Demetriou said he had nothing but praise for Roos for his contribution to the sport, but said he had gone about the matter the wrong way.

"We've spent a lot of time educating our coaches about what's right and wrong and those kinds of incidents," he said.

Demetriou said his disapproval also came from personal experience, harking back to a game he played for his local Melbourne suburban club Pascoe Vale before joining North Melbourne.

"It was a very emotional game, a lot of racial slanging going on, and a fight broke out," he said following an address on Wednesday at the National Press Club in Canberra.

"I was getting attacked by a big fellow, only to see my father appear.

"He ran onto the ground, and I thought 'Jesus'.

"So, in spite of the fact that I love him dearly, it was still inappropriate to run onto the field."

Demetriou said his dad was banned for four weeks from attending matches.

- AAP

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