Carlton have received a major boost in the closing stages of the regular season with star midfielder Patrick Cripps successfully appealing his suspension.
"In the absence of even Mr Cripps being asked if he wanted to bump his opponent … the chairperson later postures, 'Can you bump and contest at the same time?'" Townshend said."A fair examination of the whole of the evidence could not support clear satisfaction that the player was doing something other than an incident where both players had eyes for the ball, and both players contested the ball, as found by the Tribunal.
AFL counsel Nicholas Pane said a player could contest with his eyes on the ball but still be in the action of bumping. It means Cripps is free to play in crunch games against Melbourne and Collingwood in the final two rounds.
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