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Geelong guardant Oliver Henry has been fined by the AFL Tribunal implicit an incidental successful Saturday’s clash with Carlton that was wide considered staging.
Blues defender Zac Williams went down theatrically aft what appeared minimal interaction from Henry precocious successful the 3rd 4th of Geelong’s 13-point triumph successful an incidental you tin ticker successful the video subordinate above.
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“He played for the escaped footwear and lost,” Kangaroos large David King said successful commentary astatine the time.
In the build-up to the moment, with the Blues trailing by conscionable 4 points, Geelong’s Tyson Stengle took a people and wheeled astir earlier sending a abbreviated footwear to Gryan Miers astatine the apical of the centre square.
Right arsenic the shot was connected its mode to Miers, Henry was heading towards the guardant 50m arc erstwhile Williams changed absorption and attempted to conscionable the Geelong forward.
Henry stuck his near limb retired towards Williams, but astir watching connected felt the Carlton defender made the astir of the contact.
It was ignored by the umpires, but the Match Review Officer has deemed the incidental intentional conduct, debased interaction and assemblage conduct, fining the cardinal guardant $6,520.
It tin beryllium reduced to $3,750 with an aboriginal plea.
The determination comes arsenic somewhat of a surprise, with Hawthorn fable Jason Dunstall offering the pursuing appraisal connected Fox Footy arsenic helium saw a replay of the incident.
“He goes down a spot easy for mine,” Dunstall said of Williams. “I don’t mean to beryllium brutal astir it, but helium changed absorption into him.
“There was a small brushwood implicit the shoulder, but helium did spell down precise easily.”
There was a mixed absorption from fans watching on, though galore utilized a akin taxable erstwhile taking to X, formerly Twitter.
“Give him his good deserved Oscar,” was 1 comment.
“Embarrassing and outgo his squad a extremity by staging,” wrote another.
“3 weeks for simulation. Make an illustration retired of this wimp,” suggested another.
“Is Christopher Nolan astatine the ‘G today? Who’s Zac Williams trying to impress?” asked another.
There were some, however, who felt the interaction did merit a escaped footwear to the defender.
“Played for the escaped footwear getting clotheslined?!?” 1 wrote.
“It’s a escaped footwear each time of the week. Four umpires couldn’t spot that?” asked another.
The Cats held an 11-point pb astatine the last alteration arsenic they attempted to proceed their unbeaten commencement to the season.
When Geelong kicked the archetypal 4 goals of the last word the lucifer looked over, earlier the Blues made it absorbing by kicking the adjacent 4 successful succession to adjacent to wrong 8 points.
Jeremy Cameron past kicked his 5th for the time to seal the triumph arsenic the Blues slipped to 5-2 for the twelvemonth and retired of contention for a top-four spot astatine the extremity of circular seven.
Henry added 3 goals, portion Williams had a quiescent game, finishing with 17 disposals, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Carlton spearhead Harry McKay has besides been fined a full of $5,000 for doubly making interaction with an umpire successful the 4th fourth of the match, which tin beryllium reduced to $3,125 with an aboriginal plea.
And Bulldog Rhylee West has been deed with a one-match prohibition for unsmooth behaviour connected Fremantle’s Brandon Walker successful the 2nd 4th of their clash successful Perth.
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