Port Adelaide have failed to downgrade Dan Houston's five-match ban at the AFL Appeals Board, meaning the star defender's season is now over.
What's next? Port Adelaide have failed to downgrade Dan Houston 's five-match ban at the AFL Appeals Board, meaning the star defender's season is now over.
In what became an at-times feisty appeal on Thursday night, Port Adelaide's counsel Paul Ehrlich argued there was a failure of procedural fairness and the tribunal's finding was simply wrong as a matter of law. Port Adelaide also argued Houston's exemplary record wasn't fully taken into consideration, and the five-match ban was grossly above what should have been reasonably handed out.
Lisa Hannon, representing the AFL, said the tribunal had been fair and reasonable in reaching its verdict of five matches."We utterly reject that contention ."ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation. We dive into the biggest story of the day and get you up to speed with everything else that's making headlines.
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