Star Fremantle midfielder Caleb Serong will head to the AFL Tribunal in a bid to overturn his one-match ban for a harmful sort out.
Serong was cited for a problem on Carlton’s Adam Cerra in Fremantle’s 53-point dwelling loss to the Blues on Sunday.
The league’s match assessment officer graded Serong’s actions as careless conduct, medium impression and excessive contact, leading to a one-match sanction.
Fremantle tackle Collingwood on the MCG on Saturday in a match they’re determined to win to remain inside putting distance of the highest eight.
The lack of Serong could be an enormous blow to their possibilities and the Dockers are hopeful they will overturn the suspension.
Richmond co-captain Toby Nankervis may even entrance the AFL tribunal on Tuesday night time, however Essendon ruckman Andrew Phillips has accepted his one-match ban for a excessive bump on Adelaide’s Reilly O’Brien.
Nankervis was despatched on to the tribunal over a excessive bump that concussed Sydney’s Jake Lloyd, with the incident sparking renewed requires the introduction of a send-off rule for “really obvious” foul play.
The fallout was pricey for the Swans, who misplaced one in every of their chief playmakers for greater than half of final Thursday night time’s contest.
Sydney coach John Longmire stated tightened guidelines round concussion – and the elevated chance gamers shall be dominated out of matches – meant a send-off rule must be thought-about.
“I was always in the ’no send-off’ camp over the years but what’s happening in the game now, it’s changing a fair bit in regards to HIAs (concussion assessments),” Longmire advised reporters on Monday.
“I understand the sub is there to help mitigate those things that are happening more and more, but often that sub is not the type of payer you have in your starting 22, it’s a different type of player and you can be unsettled.
“I don’t think there is a cut and dried answer. It doesn’t mean that everything is right.”
Longmire stated if a send-off rule is launched, it shouldn’t apply to 50-50 choices.
“They only have to be the really obvious ones,” he stated.
“If you get in that grey area, it’s too big a penalty.”
Nankervis is going through a attainable three-match ban for tough conduct as Twelfth-placed Richmond combat to maintain their finals hopes alive.
Tigers interim coach Andrew McQualter final week backed the bodily ruckman’s type of play and Nankervis on Monday stated he had apologised to Lloyd through textual content.
“It’s obviously disappointing for me, I never want to see anyone concussed,“ Nankervis told the Nine Network.
“Absolutely I have (let the team down). As the leader of the footy club that’s not good enough.
“I need to be better than that and I take full responsibility for it.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
