AFLW: The Western Bulldogs' Britney Gutknecht has been sent straight to the AFLW Tribunal for this dangerous tackle on Sydney's Paige Sheppard.
Bulldog Britney Gutknecht’s season is all but over as she faces the biggest ban in AFLW history for her tackle that left Swan Paige Sheppard concussed on Saturday.
With just two games to play, and the Dogs no chance of finals after a horror 2023 campaign, Gutknecht has been sent straight to the Tribunal and faces three-plus weeks on the sidelines. Sheppard had received the ball at halfback and didn’t see Gutknecht approach from behind before she was drilled into the Whitten Oval turf.At the time, two-time AFLW All Australian, and Fox Footy commentator, Ruby Schleicher praised the hit as a “monster tackle”.Sheppard was left lying on the turf before being assisted from the ground and taken straight into the rooms where she later failed her HIA.“I don’t see any dirtiness in that,” she said.
“It was pretty heavy on her head, wasn’t it? I look at that – I still see a fair tackle. There’s no doubt the Match Review will look at it, because they have to I guess. The duty of care for the player.Fellow Fox Footy commentator Meghan McDonald agreed with Schleicher’s assessment of the hit.Finals race heats up in AFLW | 02:28“Technique wise, I don’t know what more … she went low and it was in the momentum and the follow through and she’s hit her head on the ground.
The ban caps off a horror campaign for the Bulldogs who sit without a win in 2023 – their worst performance since their one-win inaugural AFLW season.
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