If Berry was in Oliver's position and had his hands in his face, I'd accept any ban and call it a day. Which would be similar to Andrew Brayshaw's incident in 2021 against Berry.
But Berry is flat on his back and Oliver is pinning him down with his forearm, knee to the back of the head as well...
Rayner sling tackle 2.0
Was it really intentional? No, let's be real. To the letter of the law, is it a week? Yeah, unfortunately.
Lions will take it to the tribunal though but I don't see him getting off.
I think the AFL has shown enough precedent in recent times that it's not all about "thug" acts. That even clumsy/accidental behaviour will warrant a ban.
His effort at the ball was appalling and took the player out, causing injury. It was a week at minimum, two was fine as well. He should never...
Just re-watching the Merrett decision.
He went to kick the ball, not play on - but as he turned to kick he had Monfries right in his vicinity, which should result in a 50m free-kick and end of story.
Instead the umpire calls play-on due to Merrett stopping his kicking motion, since it would...
And if he had broken his jaw?
Worth 1 week every single day of the week, 2 only because of his poor behaviour.
If the players were to go on strike, should be for Ziebell's hits.
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