AFL: Swans star Issac Heeney has had his Brownlow aspirations dashed after the tribunal upheld his striking ban.
Sydney has one last chance to clear Isaac Heeney of his one-game striking ban , and make him eligible for the Brownlow Medal, at the AFL Appeals Board this evening.The Swans failed in their Tribunal appeal on Tuesday night, with coach John Longmire declaring he “can’t accept” that Heeney’s fend-off which left St Kilda defender Jimmy Webster with a bloody nose was intentional.
Watch every game of every round this Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo?But the Tribunal found Heeney’s swing was “more than a swatting motion” and thus fell under new AFL clause 4.3, which states that “if the effect of such an action is that the reportable offence of striking is committed, the strike will usually be graded as intentional”.
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