Adelaide ahead Shane McAdam is about to repeat his ‘honest bump’ defence when difficult his three-game ban on the AFL appeals board.
McAdam and his staff will once more attempt to get a downgrading of his hit on GWS’ Jacob Wehr which resulted in suspension at a Tuesday night time tribunal listening to.
The Crows’ attraction on Thursday night might be keenly watched by gamers and officers amid claims of match overview inconsistency.
McAdam’s ban follows a two-game suspension on Melbourne’s Kysaiah Pickett for the same bump which felled Western Bulldog Bailey Smith.
The Crows might once more use video of Pickett’s hit as a part of their defence – the star Demon’s bump was graded on a decrease scale by match overview officer Michael Christian.
That meant Pickett was provided a two-game ban and averted a tribunal listening to whereas McAdam was despatched on to the tribunal.
Tribunal chairman Jeff Gleeson, when asserting McAdam’s ban on Tuesday, famous within the Pickett case “there appears to be a slightly more glancing aspect to the impact than occurred here”.
Adelaide argued McAdam’s contact was to the chest and shoulder of Wehr, who handed a concussion take a look at and performed on.
Coaches have been adamant the McAdam and Pickett suspensions, and a one-game ban to Sydney’s Lance Franklin for a excessive hit, confirmed the tip of utilizing the bump.
“The bump is well and truly done,” Carlton coach Michael Voss stated.
“… If you have got a choice to tackle or bump, then you’ve got no choice but to choose the tackle.”
Geelong’s premiership coach Chris Scott agreed.
“Anything that looks like you’re trying to pick off an opposition player is the game of yesterday. That’s gone,” he stated.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
