Young St Kilda star Anthony Caminiti seems set for a stint on the sidelines after a foolish off the ball act in opposition to Collingwood on Sunday.
Late within the fourth quarter thriller, Caminiti was deep in St Kilda’s ahead line with Nathan Murphy paying him shut consideration.
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Murphy seems to shove his opponent, inflicting the teenager to show round and forcefully shove the Pies defender together with his second shove showing to gather Murphy excessive and sending him crashing to the turf.
The incident occurred a good distance off the ball which isn’t a great look, however making issues worse for Caminiti is the fallout.
Collingwood coach Craig McRae confirmed after the match Murphy would miss the Anzac Day contest after struggling a concussion.
The Herald Sun’s Jon Ralph wrote: “Collingwood says Nathan Murphy will miss Anzac Day with concussion. It doesn’t help Caminiti at all at the MRO. It is the latest in a long line of concussions for Murphy. Not sure how that factors into the grading. Caminiti reacted to a push but clearly hit Murphy high.”
RSN’s AFL editor Mark Stevens wrote: “Caminiti heading for a holiday. Great start to year, silly act off ball late in game to attract scrutiny. Ticking all boxes now for straight to tribunal, 3 weeks plus.”
Murphy has a historical past of head accidents so whereas the Pies might effectively be taking part in it secure, but it surely nonetheless paints a bleak image for Caminiti.
As he made his method off the bottom he shared some selection phrases with the teenager and continued his verbal barrage after the ultimate siren.
The off ball act provides to the draw back of the Saints struggling their first loss on the season after happening by six-points in a nailbiter in opposition to the Pies.
St Kilda have began their season on fireplace regardless of coping with a prolonged harm listing, the lack of Caminiti solely additional hurts their ahead shares.
The Saints are set to deal with Carlton in a prime 4 conflict subsequent Sunday at Marvel Stadium in what’s a monster spherical for the AFL with Anzac Day on the agenda subsequent Tuesday.
Source: www.news.com.au
