Cleared ... Kieran Jack has no charge to answer. Source: Gregg Porteous / The Daily Telegraph
Sydney Swans co-captain Kieren Jack will not miss the celebrations when the 2012 premiership flag is unfurled on Saturday after he was cleared of tripping.
| P | W | D | L | % | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 246.30 | 4 |
| 2 | Bulldogs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 215.25 | 4 |
| 3 | Essendon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142.68 | 4 |
| 4 | Sydney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 139.47 | 4 |
| 5 | Fremantle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 135.00 | 4 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118.39 | 4 |
| 7 | Gold Coast | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116.88 | 4 |
| 8 | Geelong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108.14 | 4 |
| 9 | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104.95 | 4 |
| 10 | Carlton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95.28 | 0 |
| 11 | Hawthorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92.47 | 0 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85.56 | 0 |
| 13 | North Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 84.47 | 0 |
| 14 | West Coast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74.07 | 0 |
| 15 | Greater Western Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71.70 | 0 |
| 16 | Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.09 | 0 |
| 17 | Brisbane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.46 | 0 |
| 18 | Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.60 | 0 |
Jack's good news came as the war of words between Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley and North Melbourne counterpart Brad Scott continued to simmer after Buckley said that Kangaroos forward Lindsay Thomas "got away with one" when the match review panel cleared him of striking Magpie Ben Reid.
Jack was investigated for tripping Giants midfielder Stephen Coniglio during the Battle of the Bridge clash at ANZ Stadium on Saturday in what appeared to be a deliberate ankle tap which went unseen by the umpires.
But despite the fact that Coniglio shanked his kick and hit the turf when Jack's hand made contact with his foot, the review panel deemed it not severe enough to report.
It means Jack will line up against Gold Coast at the SCG on Saturday when the Swans show off their 2012 premiership banner at their first home game of the season.
Giants vice-captain Tom Scully was also cleared of tripping for innocuous contact with Swans defender Rhyce Shaw, for which he was reported and punished with a 50m penalty.
The review panel said the contact between Scully's hands and Shaw's foot was not serious enough to warrant any action.
The Giants can now field an unchanged side against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday. While Brisbane Lions' Pearce Hanley and Melbourne's Colin Sylvia can avoid one-week suspensions with early guilty pleas for incidents on the weekend, Thomas's hit off the ball on Reid has overshadowed their misdemeanours.
Buckley refused to back away from comments that the review panel should have taken action.
"To the letter of the law, the way it's written right now, Lindsay Thomas has got away with one," Buckley said.
"It was an incidental head clash but it was caused by the actions of the opposition player."
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