St Kilda will nervously await the match overview officer’s evaluation of incidents involving Max King and Liam Stocker after the pair had been reported towards Brisbane.
Gun ahead King was reported for hanging Brisbane defender Ryan Lester within the second quarter of Friday evening’s 28-point loss – 12.12 (84) to eight.8 (56) – at Marvel Stadium.
The key ahead clipped the veteran Lion within the neck with a late spoil, drawing a report, though it appeared glancing contact.
Stocker may very well be the most recent participant cited for a harmful deal with amid the AFL’s crackdown on slinging and dumping motions.
The defender, who has rejuvenated his profession at St Kilda after he was minimize by Carlton final 12 months, was reported for a dumping deal with on Eric Hipwood, making a gift of a free kick simply earlier than halftime.
Potentially working in Stocker’s favour is that Hipwood’s head did not seem to hit the bottom.
Match overview officer Michael Christian’s evaluation of Friday evening’s video games will come on Saturday.
Coach Ross Lyon made it clear he hadn’t seen both incident.
Lyon would not be drawn on Stocker’s deal with particularly however famous the AFL’s crackdown on harmful tackles was “not going anywhere”.
He referred to ahead Dan Butler’s latest profitable problem of a one-match tough conduct suspension as justification for trusting the overview and tribunal course of.
“We just let it go through the process, really,” Lyon mentioned.
“I think it was pretty fair on Butler.
“Players have gotten to adapt, proper.
“I think the end goal’s the right goal, how we get there is going to be a bit messy.
“Inside the black field we’re not at all times going to get it proper.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
