Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin says his membership will maintain taking instances to the AFL tribunal to get readability on what gamers can and might’t do relating to contact however gained’t attraction the one-game ban given to winger Lachie Hunter.
Goodwin remained satisfied Hunter, who was given the suspension for forceful front-on contact with Port Adelaide’s Connor Rozee final weekend, was “contesting the ball” pretty.
Having in latest weeks additionally challenged, with success, a controversial two-week ban for younger ahead Jacob van Rooyen, Goodwin stated the Demons took the matter to the tribunal as a studying device as a lot as something.
Amid recommendations Rozee’s headfirst try to win the ball made it exhausting for Hunter to keep away from contact, Goodwin stated the outcome was one other lesson for his gamers.
“As we go through this process you can see we are building more clarity in what’s right and what’s wrong,” Goodwin stated on Wednesday.
“We get the information, we deal with it. We make sure we learn from it and get better understanding.
“There’s a lot of things going on from week to week which get looked at, and as an industry we continue to build clarity and understanding of what’s right and what’s wrong and how we’re going to continue to protect the head.”
Goodwin conceded the Demons “don’t know how long” celebrity midfielder Clayton Oliver can be sidelined with a hamstring damage that would affect his Brownlow Medal probabilities.
Melbourne will likely be cautious together with his return and Goodwin stated gamers together with James Harmes and even Taj Woewodin, the son of Brownlow medallist Shane, might be within the combine to take Oliver’s spot.
Woewodin, 20, performed within the membership’s VFL premiership win final season however is but to make his AFL debut.
“It’s a minor strain (for Oliver) and we’re going to build him through that process. How long that takes we are not sure,” Goodwin stated.
“We’re going to be very cautious with him as well.
“We’ve got some guys at VFL level in Taj Woewodin, Bailey Laurie and James Harmes that are playing some great footy, so we’ll look at that.
“We’ve got some options … but you can’t replace Clayton Oliver with one player.”
The Demons will confront premiership winner Luke Jackson as a Fremantle participant for the primary time this week since his transfer to the Dockers on the finish of final season, and Goodwin declared he was now “the enemy”.
But there gained’t be any particular remedy for him.
“We know he’s going pretty well, we’re rapt to see how well he’s going,” Goodwin stated.
“He’s now the enemy and will be treated like every other opponent out there.”
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