Adelaide’s Ben Keays has been fined by the AFL for tearing Mason Cox’s protecting eyewear off his head in a fiery conflict throughout Collingwood’s two-point comeback win.
Cox dragged the Magpies again into the competition with consecutive objectives over the past quarter and celebrated the second in Crows defender Josh Worrell’s face.
The confrontation sparked a fierce melee, with gamers from each side speeding in to participate.
Keays was one of many first, reaching up from behind Cox and ripping away the 211cm ruckman’s goggles.
The motion drew a ‘misconduct’ cost from the AFL’s match overview officer, with Keays fined $1500.
It will be decreased to $1000 with an early responsible plea.
Earlier this season, North Melbourne captain Jy Simpkin was fined for taking St Kilda participant Mattaes Phillipou’s GPS unit out of his jumper and throwing it away.
And Collingwood defender Nathan Murphy was fined for knocking down the shorts of GWS ahead Aaron Cadman.
Last 12 months, Hawthorn’s James Sicily was fined for tearing off Western Bulldogs ahead Aaron Naughton’s headband.
Cox has worn the prescription eyewear all season after being given approval by the AFL to take action.
They are worn to appropriate a imaginative and prescient downside induced 5 years in the past when he was poked within the eye, sustaining injury to his retina.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
