The AFL said Maynard’s act was dangerous while fans accused Collingwood of ‘victim blaming’.
Maynard pleaded not guilty to rough conduct and, after an extremely long deliberation, the AFL tribunal agreed.During the tense hearing Maynard said he was not close enough to tackle Brayshaw and he did not expect Brayshaw to move in the direction he did after he kicked the ball.“After the ball ... I looked down and I thought, ‘shit, he’s there’. I sort of seized up,” Maynard told the tribunal.
“Based on the numbers and research, it’s difficult to conclusively say Maynard would have been able to make any conscious decision to reposition his body ,” Cole said.The AFL’s legal representative Andrew Woods said Maynard’s conduct was unreasonable and “dangerous”. Woods also stressed that in the modern game you had to know when to “pull your punches”.
He said many players who kicked the ball with their right foot at pace would veer to their left, but Brayshaw moved to his right or “inward” towards the airborne Maynard.They also showed behind-the-goals vision of the incident, with a purple coloured lane for Maynard and a yellow coloured lane for Brayshaw, arguing Brayshaw moved into Maynard’s lane and not the other way around.
“We need to make sure the athlete, in this case Angus, is clear, is functioning fully and we’re really clear about what looks like moving forward. “But so far so good in terms of his progression to where we want to be but there’s some tests that still need to be done.“Now, there’s a big picture to think of here with Angus, and he’s got to make sure everything’s done properly. His health is paramount in this situation.”Brayshaw’s concussion battle is a terrible twist for his extended family with Brayshaw engaged to the daughter of St Kilda great Danny Frawley.
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