Hawthorn midfielder Conor Nash has been hit with a four-match ban by the AFL tribunal, after a swinging arm knocked out Geelong’s Gryan Miers on Easter Monday.
Miers was substituted out of the sport with a concussion, with Nash despatched on to the tribunal for the incident.
Nash will miss video games towards West Coast, Richmond, Melbourne and Gold Coast.
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On the listening to, Nash argued he solely had eyes for the ball and despatched a textual content to Miers apologising for his actions. The Hawks midfielder additionally claimed he was making an attempt to knock the ball ahead.
The panel mentioned Nash would’ve been conscious of his place to Miers’ physique and head since he had his arm on his again previous to impression. Additional, it was decided the extent of carelessness was important.
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Talking earlier within the week, Cats champion Jimmy Bartel believed a three-week ban was the place to begin, however anticipated Nash could be hit tougher.
“(Patrick) Voss bought three weeks and Miers was worse off than (Nick) Vlastuin,” Bartel advised 9’s Footy Categorised, referencing one other incident final week.
“It might be three weeks (suspension) and up.”
Essendon nice Matthew Lloyd agreed, including: “Yep, very reckless. Deserves that.”
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Former Adelaide captain Rory Sloane added early within the week that Nash must work on his tackling method, notably when going after shorter gamers.
“That is reckless. I do not like that,” Sloane advised 3AW.
“He was towards Gryan Miers who is clearly so much smaller, he wanted to get decrease, he is most likely going to overlook some video games for that. He is in deep trouble I reckon.”
Miers will miss Geelong’s conflict with Carlton subsequent weekend whereas in concussion protocols.
