Adelaide Crows star awaits AFL suspension verdict on slur directed at Collingwood Magpies opponent
Discussions about the penalty for Crows, Adelaide Oval’di Saturday night match match against a Homophobic interpretation of a Collingwood opponent Izak Rankine, the ban on the ban on Wednesday led to the postponement.
AFL’s investigation heard that the game between Magpie defender Dan Houston and Rankine, who referred to an incident where Rankine was shaken and then suspended for five matches of the power star Houston, may have caused a war between players from the two clubs.
Adelaide’s Izak Rankine celebrates a goal against Hawthorn on August 1st.Credit: Getty Images
Speaking about the condition of anonymity, the two sources of competition claimed that Rankine directed a Magpies player to a Magpies player during the tense match. Age He does not claim that the alleged insult is directed to Houston.
Since Port Adelaide punished Jeremy Fineyson for three games last season, it was determined that the use of this homophobic slurry during the matches was unacceptable.
Crows will be given a time to respond to any potential sanction by the league, which may have a maximum of five matches compared to previous penalties given after similar events. The crows were still waiting for this communication on Tuesday afternoon.
Rankine did not report the alleged interpretation to the crows, but the Afl Honesty Department showed his regret since he launched his investigation on Monday after the communication between Magpies and Adelaide on Sunday. This Masthead stole Rankine’s Collingwood opponent to apologize on Sunday.
The winning midfielder appeared as a Trump card for the top crows in this year’s Finals series, but it could be excluded for the rest of the club’s season if it was suspended for four or more games. Unlike the crows, home and displacement games, he hopes a punishment that takes into account the importance of missing final matches.
The suspension of four or five matches will be consistent with the issues of the homophobic villa investigated by AFL in the previous area. Wil Powell from Gold Coast received a five -game suspension in 2024, and Jack Graham from West Coast told his club that he used the finding during a match against Giants in July. As Afl surrendered Graham’s four matches, Graham accepted as ıyla with his self -informing, special disability and grip ”.
