Suspension decision to be handed down for bump on Francis Evans in Melbourne vs Carlton that caused concussion
Melbourne defender Steven May, Wednesday night after the Afl court could not overthrow the ban after Carlton’s Francis Evans will miss the next three matches for a controversial collision.
May, last week, Evans met with the court for high-speed, a front collision. Blues left the player with a shaken and bloody nose and incomplete tooth.
Steven collects Francis Evans.
AFL Match Review Officer Michael Christian considered the incident as careless behavior, seeking serious impact and high contact and suspended three -game suspension.
He may claim that he is not guilty of the charges, and by protecting that he thinks he would go to the ball before Evans, agreed to provide evidence during the court hearing.
Melbourne’s lawyer Adrian Anderson reviewed the images and asked why he was an expression of disbelief after the collision.
Orum I can’t believe I don’t have it, May May said. “I thought I was doing everything right, so I was a little shocked.”
Melbourne compared the incident with Fremant and captain Alex Pearce. A three -game suspension at the beginning of this year And it was cleaned from rough behavior. The Dockers captain clashed in a sign competition with Port Adelaide’s shaking Darcy Byrne-Jones.
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Pearce’s case was different from May because there was an air collision in a sign competition, but there were similarities about how Pearce came to the ball second and made his eyes out in the last second to support contact for contact.
The court also discussed the case containing Jackson Archer from North Melbourne in March. The AFL Court directed the “very little and too late” decision of the Northern Melbourne advocate and the charges of rude behavior were continued. However, May defender Adrian Anderson is expected to reach the ball first.
AFL lawyer Andrew Woods admitted that these conditions were “not easy to evaluate a player, and admitted that the collision between May and Evans was not a lump.
However, he claimed that Woods could take a reasonable action to avoid conflict. Authority said that to prevent collision with Evans, he should change his momentum and orbit and that a reasonable player would understand that a ball could be unpredictable.
“Mr. May’s behavior was a violation of a care task he owed to Evans,” Woods said.
Melbourne’s defense, AFL’nin Evans’ın first to the ball on the ball, said they did not fundamentally.
Steven May will miss the next three matches. Credit: AFL Photos
Melbourne said May had not enough time to change its momentum and that attempts to win the ball were “completely realistic .. They also stated that May objected to the ball, did not leave the line and showed attempts to slow down despite being too late.
The court has met for more than 90 minutes, and ultimately a demonstration of pressure on the head strokes.
The court concluded that May should realize that Evans would reach the ball first and notice.
“HE [May] He ran at high speed from Evans, Jeff said Jeff Gleeson, the President of the Court.
“We have seen that May is unreasonable in circumstances,” he continued.
May will miss the next three matches, but Satan was subjected to his own jolt during the Carlton match, where Tom de Koning accidentally kneelled on his head during the last quarter marking contest, so he would miss the match against St Kilda.
