Collingwood recruit Dan Houston is staring down the barrel of a second suspension in three matches after the MRO hit him with a two-game ban for his high hit on Carlton’s Lachie Fogarty.
After missing the Blues’ latest training session,Harry McKay’s stretch on the sidelines is likely to continue. The Tigers decide not to appeal this week’s trinal verdict,and Simon Goodwin is watching the form of a struggling forward.
Rhyan Mansell’s three-match ban stands;Elijah Hollands is expected to return through the VFL this weekend;and the AFL is “comfortable” in allowing Noah Balta to play before he’s sentenced in court.
More concerns are emerging about the planned AFL stadium in Hobart. Richmond’s Rhyan Mansell is heading to the tribunal,and pressure continues to mount on Carlton.
Richmond’s Rhyan Mansell was offered a three-game ban by the match review officer;the Blues remain unsure if gun forward Harry McKay will be available to take on the Pies;concerns allayed on Melbourne youngster’s knee.
Jackson Archer will miss North Melbourne’s next three games after the AFL tribunal upheld his suspension for the collision that left Bulldog Luke Cleary concussed. And the one-game ban for Richmond’s Tom Lynch stands.
Richmond will be without their spearhead in round two,while the AFL put its foot down and kiboshed the planned Sheffield Shield final at the Adelaide Oval.
A spate of injuries from pushes in the back prompted the AFL to send a warning to clubs. But it was addressing the effect of the problem,not the cause.
No.1 draft pick Sam Lalor was left concussed and with a fractured jaw after an ugly incident against West Coast,but the man who pushed him in the back escaped punishment of any kind. The AFL got this decision wrong.
Michael Christian was persona non grata at the SCG after suspending Isaac Heeney,but this week he is a special guest own the road at Randwick as an owner of Everest hopeful Bella Nipotina.