The Western Bulldogs face a nervous wait on whether or not captain Marcus Bontempelli will face suspension for his excessive bump on Port Adelaide’s Dan Houston.
In the second quarter of Friday evening’s conflict at Marvel Stadium, Bontempelli was advancing on Houston, who fumbled the ball, and picked up him within the shoulder and head.
The star midfielder seemed to be making an attempt to tug out of the bump however nonetheless made contact and gave away a free kick.
“Well at the time, in real time, I thought they just both went for the ball. I haven’t seen a replay, so now I’ve got no real comment,” coach Luke Beveridge advised reporters.
“I’ve got no real comment on that because I think it was one of those 50-50 balls. I just thought they were both going for it.”
Power coach Ken Hinkley did not see the incident however confirmed that Houston, who performed out the sport, was nice.
St Kilda face a choice on whether or not to enchantment Dan Butler’s one-game ban for a harmful sort out on Sydney’s Nick Blakey on Thursday evening.
The ahead is the newest participant suspended below the crackdown.
Beveridge believed Butler could have been unfortunate that Blakey “hasn’t got the broadest shoulders”, which may have contributed to his head hitting the bottom.
“You can be a bit stiff, depending on who you tackle as well, so there’s all those variables,” he stated.
“But look, I’m a big believer that when we look at it, and even if we’re looking to evolve, is to really focus on if there’s any intent to actually hurt a player.
“It most likely must be the civil take a look at, on the steadiness of chances – 51 per cent – (it) did not seem like he is making an attempt to harm him and I believe it is okay as a result of there’s accidents in sport.
“But look, it’s a challenge in our game at the moment and a package came out from the AFL around tackles and ultimately, you choose whether or not you actually show your players because they’re just going to be unlucky if we keep going on the way we are.”
Hinkley was usually blissful the sport was targeted on taking care of gamers.
“The game’s been cleaned up for safety reasons and that’s a great result. I think we’ve just got to understand that and we work with that,” he stated.
“You can see it by the week, can’t you? You can see the tackle attempts, you can see players being more careful.
“The recreation’s all the time performed fairly ferocious and we need not make an excessive amount of out of taking an excessive amount of contact out once more as a result of these blokes simply go loopy at one another. They’re fairly courageous, the way in which they play.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
