AFL legend Leigh Matthew has added his voice to calls for a send-off rule in the wake of Essendon’s Peter Wright being sent straight to the tribunal for his bump on Sydney’s Harry Cunningham on Saturday night.
Essendon’s Peter Wright is set for a lengthy suspension but an AFL legend says there should have been an immediate penalty for his hit on Sydney’s Harry Cunningham.
The Swans were a man down for three quarters after the collision in the opening term and Matthews said he was now a strong advocate for players who cause game-ending injuries in such a manner, where suspension seems a clear outcome, to be sent from the field to “even up the numbers”.“I am a great proponent now because players get sent off with concussion … an incident like that, everyone has seen it … it was a three or four weeker from the moment it happened, Cunningham was out for the game.
Peter Wright wasnât even very late to the contest. Just had to put his arm out to spoil. Likely to cost him four weeks given he elected to bump and hits of that force usually result in severe gradings at AFL House.“Forget about what happens at the tribunal afterwards. The Swans are down a player for three quarters and the player who inflicted it plays on. I do think there should be a send-off rule in place.
“It wouldn’t worry me if it was at the next break in quarters, if the umpires went and looked at the vision,” the four-time premiership coach told Channel 9’s Footy Furnace.
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