AFLW match review: Tayla Harris offered one-match ban as six players cited

Carlton star Tayla Harris can accept a suspension after she collected Giant Pepa Randall during the Blues’ easy win over GWS as the busy AFLW MRO laid seven charges against six players from the weekend’s games.

Carlton star Tayla Harris dominated against the Giants, but could miss the Blues’ next game if she accepts a one-match ban for rougn conduct. Picture: Getty Images

Carlton AFLW star Tayla Harris can accept a suspension after she collected Giant Pepa Randall during the Blues’ easy win over GWS as the busy MRO laid seven charges against six players from the weekend’s games.

Demon Tegan Cunningham, Crow Chloe Scheer and Docker Hayley Miller have also been offered bans in exchange for early guilty pleas.

Harris booted three goals and ripped down six marks in a dominant performance as the Blues recorded their highest ever AFLW score in a 10.5 (65) to 5.6 (36) win at Blacktown International Sportspark on Sunday.

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Carlton star Tayla Harris dominated against the Giants, but could miss the Blues’ next game if she accepts a one-match ban for rougn conduct. Picture: Getty Images

But it was soured in the last quarter when she ran past the footy to collect Randall, conceding after the game it “probably looks bad”.

Match Review Officer Michael Christian agreed, offering the aspiring boxer a one-match ban for an early plea of guilt to a rough conduct charge.

“Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as careless conduct with medium impact to the head. The incident was classified as a one-match sanction,” a statement from the AFLW read.

Harris said after the game the contact was not intentional.

“I know Pepa so … clearly (it was) not intentional. I just hope she’s OK,” Harris said on the Seven Broadcast.

“Being a tall person, these things happen.”

Tegan Cunningham booted a goal for the Demons on the weekend, but she could miss the next two rounds after the MRO offered her a two-match ban. Picture: AAP

Former WNBL player Cunningham is also in hot water after a fiery contest with Brisbane’s Shannon Campbell during Melbourne’s win at Hickey Park.

The tattooed starlet faced two charges, one of striking and one of rough conduct. She was offered a two-match ban for making medium impact to Campbell’s head during the third quarter, while she can accept a reprimand and a $400 fine for the rough conduct in a separate incident during the second term.

Scheer and Miller (both rough conduct) were each offered one-match bans for their altercations, with Geelong’s Richelle Cranston and Collingwood’s Ash Brazill, respectively. Both incidents were assessed as careless conduct with medium impact to the head.

Harris’ teammate Nicola Stevens (striking) and Western Bulldog Hannah Scott (rough conduct) can accept reprimands and $400 fines with early guilty pleas.

North Melbourne’s Jessica Duffin was cleared of any wrongdoing after a clash with Western Bulldog Ellie Blackburn was assessed.

Chloe Scheer can accept a one-match ban for rough conduct. Picture: AAP

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Originally published as AFLW match review: Tayla Harris offered one-match ban as six players cited