Geelong ahead Brad Close will miss Friday evening’s AFL conflict with Richmond on the MCG after failing to overturn his one-match ban for a harmful deal with.
Close fronted the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday evening to contest the tough conduct cost for his pin-the-arms deal with that resulted in Adelaide’s Jordan Dawson hanging his head on the turf.
Dawson wasn’t concussed within the incident.
Andrew Woods, appearing for the AFL, confirmed imaginative and prescient of Close pinning each of Dawson’s arms for all the deal with.
Close’s lawyer Ben Ihle argued that it was Dawson’s bid to interrupt the deal with that pressured each gamers to topple ahead.
With Dawson weighing 91kg and Close 77kg, Ihle mentioned it was too tough for Close to cease them tumbling ahead as soon as the deal with was made.
He additionally argued that if the deal with was deemed a harmful act, it ought to be categorised as low impression as a substitute of medium.
“He (Dawson) put the ball under his right hand, because he is going to burst through this tackle,” Ihle mentioned.
“That could almost be a Teddy Whitten-type shot, with the ball tucked under his arm.
“Dawson is the one that’s driving these two ahead, and Mr Close is simply making an attempt to carry him up below these circumstances.
“But the bigger, heavier Dawson is driving this in a particular direction.
“He tries to burst this deal with, however he isn’t profitable. And as a result of he isn’t profitable, he loses his ft and begins to fall to the bottom
“Mr Close is being pulled down by the bigger, heavier player.”
The jury, led by tribunal chairman Jeff Gleeson, upheld the unique cost.
“We accept that players tackle by grabbing an arm,” Gleeson mentioned.
“But if the tackler realises or should realise that the tackled player is coming to ground with momentum – and does not release the tackled player’s arm that he might have used to protect himself – he is likely to have breached his duty of care to the player.”
Melbourne younger gun Jacob van Rooyen (two-match suspension) and Carlton’s Nic Newman (one match) will problem their bans for hanging.
Van Rooyen’s tried spoil in a marking contest led to Gold Coast’s Charlie Ballard being taken off the sphere on a stretcher at Heritage Bank Stadium on Saturday evening.
The 20-year-old’s motion was thought of careless conduct, excessive contact and excessive impression.
Ballard was damage however not concussed within the final-quarter incident and is anticipated to play in opposition to West Coast on Friday.
Newman acquired a one-match ban for hanging after he made contact to Lachie Neale’s chin together with his elbow in the course of the Blues’ loss to Brisbane at Marvel Stadium on Friday evening.
Junior Rioli faces a prolonged suspension after being despatched on to the AFL Tribunal for hanging Essendon’s Jordan Ridley.
His case will likely be heard on Wednesday night.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
