The AFL is ready to ship Carlton a please clarify over why star Jacob Weitering was not introduced from the sector late within the thrilling semi remaining win over Melbourne.
Weitering was captured clearly wobbly on his ft after showing to cop the again of Demon Joel Smith’s head to his face within the remaining time period.
But regardless of wanting shaky and dazed, the Blues defender was allowed to stay within the contest and ended up taking the game-turning intercept mark that led to Blake Acres’ match-winning purpose.
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Fox Footy’s Jon Ralph mentioned the AFL will possible examine each the Weitering second and why Carlton captain Patrick Cripps wasn’t HIA examined after he left the sector with a bloodied nostril from a brutal Kysaiah Pickett bump.
“The AFL will ask why Jacob Weitering was not out of the game at least for a concussion test … My understanding is the Carlton doctors were trying to get him off in those frantic final moments, were not able to do that,” he mentioned.
“He certainly looks fine in the rooms afterwards.
“The AFL will want to get an explanation from Carlton.
“They might well ask why Patrick Cripps was not taken out of the game at least for a concussion test after that hit with Kysaiah Pickett.”
Four-time premiership Hawk Jordan Lewis hit out on the rationalization supplied for the decision to depart Weitering on the sector.
“He was clearly shaky and wobbly on his feet,” he mentioned.
“For me, that’s a sign to just get them off straight away so I don’t accept that the doctors couldn’t get out there or they didn’t see it or whatever happened.
“He was clearly groggy.”
“They’ll sort it out but that is inconsistent with that we’ve been told all year,” Garry Lyon added.
“We saw (Blues teammate) Harry McKay hardly get a touch to his head last week … it doesn’t necessarily have to be that hard.
“Gotta save people from themselves.”
Brisbane champion Jonathan Brown performed satan’s advocate and argued Weitering may have simply been exhausted – and never concussed – as cause for his wobbles.
“Did he wobble because of a head knock? He certainly didn’t look like he was affected several minutes after,” he mentioned.
“He played a good last quarter.
“There was nothing in it (the knock from Smith). The actual hit, he barely grazed him with the back of his head.
“Was he just absolutely fatigued and buggered?
“What if Jacob Weitering said ‘I was absolutely cooked and my performance in the last 15 minutes showed all my faculties were intact’ because he was magnificent.
“Look at the actual hit. He would look at that and say ‘he hardly touched me’.
“Being careful of jumping to conclusions.”
Earlier this yr Port Adelaide have been handed an enormous penalty by the AFL for permitting star Aliir Aliir again onto the sector after a nasty head knock with teammate Lachie Jones with out being concussion examined.
Both Aliir and Jones went on to overlook the next week on account of getting into the concussion protocols.
Originally revealed as ‘Don’t settle for that’: AFL set to research why ‘wobbly’ Blues star stayed on subject
Source: www.news.com.au
