Sydney’s harm disaster has taken one other flip for the more severe, with defender Robbie Fox coming into the AFL’s concussion protocols after being flattened by a controversial bump.
Fox was left concussed after working barely previous the ball and being bumped to the bottom by Geelong’s Mitch Duncan in Saturday’s 93-point loss to the defending premiers.
Duncan braced for contact and made excessive contact with Fox, with AFL match assessment officer Michael Christian deeming the motion wasn’t unreasonable.
Sydney coach John Longmire confirmed on Monday that Fox had entered the concussion protocols, ruling the versatile defender out of Saturday’s conflict with GWS.
Swans veteran Lance Franklin copped a one-match ban for an incident that had some similarities earlier this season.
“We lost Franklin after round one under circumstances when we thought he was trying to protect himself, and he was suspended,” Longmire stated.
“(We would like) just a little bit of consistency.
“But you additionally perceive that not each incident that gamers get knocked within the head goes to get suspended both.
“We’re all mindful of that, we also understand that things can happen in a game of footy.”
Along with shedding Fox this week, Sydney can even be with out midfielder Matt Roberts for at the very least a number of weeks with a suspected medial ligament harm.
The pair be a part of the likes of Franklin (knee), Paddy McCartin (concussion), Tom McCartin (concussion), Dane Rampe (neck), Joel Amartey (hamstring), Lewis Melican (adductor), Sam Reid (glute), and Sam Wicks (shoulder) on the Swans’ harm checklist.
Franklin, Tom McCartin and Rampe are not any ensures to return this week, whereas ruckman Tom Hickey may want a second hit-out within the VFL after solely not too long ago recovering from a tender tissue harm.
“We’re mindful he’s 32 and coming back from three soft tissue injuries in a row,” Longmire stated of Hickey.
“We’ve got to make these decisions based upon what the team needs, what we’d like in a structural sense, but also what the players can actually do and whether he’ll be right to play.
“Whether that is Tom (Hickey), Tom McCartin, or Ramps, or Buddy, we’ll should make the choice on whether or not they can are available and contribute, no matter what the workforce wants.”
The 93-point loss to Geelong was the biggest under Longmire’s tenure, and the premiership coach wasn’t happy.
Longmire was so short of key defensive stocks that he decided to play All-Australian midfielder Callum Mills at fullback on Tom Hawkins for two-and-a-half quarters.
“I feel we had seven key place senior gamers out of the workforce on the weekend,” Longmire stated.
“But you’ve got simply acquired to get on with it and do some issues the sport requires.
“Some of the things we served up over the course of that game were unacceptable.
“Regardless of being the youngest workforce on the weekend versus the oldest, we have simply acquired to search out methods of coping with that and getting on with it.”
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