Cockatoo was born into a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Jupangati and Marrithiyal).
After only two games in 2018 due to back-to-back knee injuries, the 23-year-old played just 40 minutes of football at VFL level for the entire 2019 season with a series of soft tissue setbacks. 02:32 Early life. Returned early for an extended pre-season ahead of a make-or-break 2020. Nakia Cockatoo has escaped suspension for tackling Dean Gore. Telstra 04:32 Close Netball Player performance throughout this season & their full careerDangerfield set out to educate himself on who our five Indigenous players are.…Shane O'Bree provides a trackside update on the Cats outside of our best 22. Season afl.com.au Team Scoring F Opposition Scoring A Marg W-D-L Venue Crowd Date; 1: Geelong: 4.3 5.3 6.6 8.13 : 61: Hawthorn: 3.3 9.7 16.13 17.21 : 123-62: 0-0-1: M.C.G. Nakia Cockatoo (born 23 October 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).. Cockatoo was drafted with pick 10 in the 2014 AFL Draft, and made his debut in the first round of the 2015 AFL season against Hawthorn.. Facebook Youtube Can 2020 be the season where Cockatoo’s luck turns? Therefore the Cat’s actions were deemed “not unreasonable in (the) circumstances”.“After reviewing all available video, it was the view of the panel that Cockatoo’s tackle did not consist of more than one action, was not unreasonable in the circumstances and did not lift Gore off the ground,” the Panel said.The Panel also said that Franklin’s contact was caused by a Shane Mumford shepherd, meaning Franklin’s actions were outside of his control when he crashed into Taranto.“Contact between Franklin and Taranto was caused by circumstances outside the control of player Franklin that could not be reasonably foreseen,” the Panel said.Cockatoo and Franklin were two of the three incidents assessed by the MRP from the weekend’s JLT Community Series, with Port Adelaide’s Paddy Ryder the only player charged.The Power ruckman was charged with rough conduct for his bump on Richmond’s Anthony Miles, which was graded as as careless conduct with low impact to the head.The low impact ensures Ryder can accept a $1000 sanction for his actions should he enter an early guilty plea.There was only one charge laid from Round 5 of the AFLW, with Brisbane’s Brittany Gibson assessed for making front-on contact with Adelaide star Chelsea Randall.The incident was assessed as careless conduct with low impact to the head, adding up to a one-week sanction.However Gibson can accept a reprimand should she enter an early guilty plea, as she has no applicable record that impacts the penalty.A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites.
Instagram Can 2020 be the season where Cockatoo’s luck turns? Telstra TV Box Office Western Bulldogs Twitter Has explosive speed and pressure in the front half. GEELONG young gun Nakia Cockatoo is free to play in Round 1, with the emerging midfielder escaping suspension for a mistimed scrum-style tackle on Adelaide’s Dean Gore. Follow Nakia Cockatoo's progress through AFL. Twitter Player Sponsor: West End 08:28 West Coast Eagles Round And Sydney superstar Lance Franklin has also been cleared by the Match Review Panel, despite Cocaktoo was placed on report for rough conduct on Sunday after a hard tackle that forced Gore to leave Richmond Oval with concussion.However the MRP on Monday said Cockatoo’s tackle was “one action” and that he didn’t lift Gore off the ground, as the Adelaide youngster had jumped in the air prior to Cockatoo laying the tackle. Catchup on all the latest action from