TSL
North Launceston superstar Josh Ponting has accepted a low-level reprimand following an incident with North Hobart opponent Samuel Caswell on Saturday.
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The 2018 Tassie Medal winner was offered a week's suspension by the State League match review panel after being judged to have pushed Caswell into the path of an umpire but the sentence was reduced with an early guilty plea.
Claiming the minor premiership for the third consecutive year with the win, the reviewed result will please the Bombers with Ponting and recently-suspended Dakota Bannister both free to play against Glenorchy.
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TSLW
North Launceston TSLW team-mate Maggie Cuthbertson wasn't so lucky with her match review panel dealings as the silky midfielder accepted a one-match ban for headbutting Tigers' Mikayla Absolom.
Originally offered a two-match suspension for the bloody incident, Cuthbertson's early guilty plea reduced the penalty.
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