Netball: Grant gets warning, suspended ban

Katrina Grant
Katrina Grant
Central Pulse skipper Katrina Grant has escaped with a warning and a suspended ban after being found in breach of the ANZ Championship's code of conduct yesterday following an ugly post-match confrontation with an umpire.

Grant will face a two-match ban is she found guilty of misconduct again in the next 12 months.

The sanction follows a hearing before the ANZ Championship's disciplinary officer, where Grant accepted a breach of the competition's rules for her actions immediately after her side's draw with Southern Steel in round 12.

Grant was seen on the television coverage immediately after the game angrily remonstrating with umpire Jono Bredin, who awarded the Steel a penalty shot under the post to draw the match. Bredin called a contact on Grant in the dying seconds of regular time as she attempted a late intercept.

Unimpressed with Grant's reaction to the call, Bredin advanced the penalty into the shooting circle, giving the Steel shooter Brooke Leaver a chance to snatch the draw. Leaver's shot was off target but was rebounded by 1.98m Jamaican shooter Jhaniele Fowler-Reid who slotted the goal on the stroke of full time.

Grant went straight to Bredin to express her contempt at the call, and it is understood some of the language used was bordering on abusive. Netball New Zealand umpiring manager Colleen Bond later stepped in, ordering Grant away.

The ANZ Championship office said the Silver Fern defender's exemplary playing record, no applicable prior disciplinary record and clear remorse was taken into consideration when issued with the sanction.

 

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