Melbourne Demons livewire Kysaiah Pickett is going through a nervous wait after enjoying arguably the perfect recreation of his profession on Saturday night time.
Pickett performed a staring position with 19 disposals and 4 targets in a recreation the place he was thrown into the center of the bottom greater than final season.
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But it was a second of insanity within the second quarter that might see him going through a stint on the sidelines.
As Western Bulldogs star Bailey Smith launched a kick inside 50 he was laid out by Pickett.
Pickett left the bottom as he launched right into a bump that noticed his shoulder make heavy affect with Smith’s neck and chin area. The affect of the hit instantly flattened Smith, however in good news for Pickett, Smith bought proper again to his toes and carried on enjoying.
Despite that, calls have been levelled for Pickett to be handed a prolonged ban with Kane Cornes main the cost.
Watch Pickett’s brutal bump on Smith within the video participant above
On Sunday morning on AFL Media’s The Round so Far, Cornes labelled the bump “one of the most dangerous things I’ve seen on a footy field in a while”.
“It absolutely warrants more than two weeks, it’s a three or four week incident,” the previous Port Adelaide participant stated.
Cornes continued his cost for Pickett and the motion to be stamped out of the sport on Channel 9’s Sunday Footy Show.
“This is as vicious an incident as you’re going to see for a long time, that’s a human missile there Kozzie Pickett,” Cornes stated.
“Launching himself really dangerously, he chooses to bump he leaves the ground and he launches. He’s really lucky that Smith got up.”
AFL media veteran Damian Barrett then weighed in on what Match Review Officer Michael Christian could decide from the incident and stated the present interval the sport finds itself in may play an element.
“It comes down to intent as always, whether it’s careless or intentional. Given that it was in play it’s probably careless which gets it down to one week,” Barrett stated.
“We’re in a period of this game where there is a raft of litigation hitting the league, there may well be an argument that the intent of that, while in play, was worse than other incidents you see out of play.
“As such I’d be surprised if he’s not out for two weeks given that.”
Michael Christian will hand down his ruling on Pickett’s hit together with Lance Franklin’s bump on Gold Coast Suns defender Sam Collins on Sunday.
Christian has the ability to improve the power of the bump from low or medium to excessive beneath the potential to trigger severe damage clause.
Despite Smith not being injured from the hit, the intent of the bump may see Pickett handed a two-week ban if assessed as careless conduct, excessive contact and excessive affect.
If given a two-week suspension, Pickett would miss two key matches in opposition to the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans.
Source: www.news.com.au
