Saints’ Caminiti facing ban for off-the-ball hit

Saints’ Caminiti facing ban for off-the-ball hit

St Kilda younger gun Anthony Caminiti is dealing with a nervous anticipate the AFL match overview officer’s findings after an off-the-ball incident that left Collingwood’s Nathan Murphy concussed.

Vision reveals Murphy forcefully pushing Caminiti within the chest in the course of the ultimate quarter and the Saints ahead responding with a raised forearm that felled his opponent.

Murphy, who later had phrases with the Saints contingent on the boundary line, will miss Collingwood’s Anzac Day blockbuster towards Essendon because of his concussion.

Caminiti landed at St Kilda in the course of the supplemental choice interval and has performed a key function in a makeshift forward-line over the opening 5 rounds this season.

But the 19-year-old’s spectacular begin is ready to come back to an finish, with the incident prone to result in Caminiti being despatched to the tribunal, the place the AFL would push for a ban of three matches or extra.

GWS midfielder Tom Green can also be set to study his destiny on Monday after a harmful dump sort out on Hawthorn’s Josh Ward.

Essendon captain Zach Merrett was handed a one-match ban for tough conduct over his comparable harmful sort out on Melbourne’s Tom Sparrow.

Like Collingwood’s Murphy, Bombers midfielder Merrett can also be set to overlook the normal Anzac Day match.

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Source: www.perthnow.com.au