{"id":287005,"date":"2023-04-18T07:39:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T07:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=287005"},"modified":"2023-04-18T09:58:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T09:58:53","slug":"captain-ruled-out-of-blockbuster-after-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=287005","title":{"rendered":"Captain ruled out of blockbuster after gamble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/essendon-bombers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\">Bombers<\/a> skipper <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/zach-merrett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Merrett<\/a> has been rubbed out of the Anzac Day clash against the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/collingwood-magpies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magpies<\/a> after failing to have a ban overturned at the tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>M\ufefferrett was offered the ban from the match review officer, who slapped him with a rough conduct charge for a tackle on <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/melbourne-demons\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Demons\">Demons<\/a> Tom Sparrow late in the final quarter of their Gather Round clash at the Adelaide Oval.<\/p>\n<p>Merrett explained he attempted a normal tackle, but Sparrow&#x27;s &quot;sidestep&quot; threw him off balance, meaning he couldn&#x27;t affect the tackle as normal.<\/p>\n<p>Essendon challenged the rough conduct charge, and also argued the impact should be graded low instead of medium.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffSt Kilda&#x27;s Anthony Caminiti was referred straight to the tribunal for striking Collingwood&#x27;s Nathan Murphy, while fellow Magpie Taylor Adams will also face the tribunal for a dangerous tackle on St Kilda&#x27;s Sebastian Ross.<\/p>\n<p>MORE TO COME\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"25c30477-7ea3-4e53-91d0-efa7a5578896\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/25c30477-7ea3-4e53-91d0-efa7a5578896\" alt=\"Bombers captain Zach Merrett. Inset: tackle on Tom Sparrow\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bombers skipper Zach Merrett has been rubbed out of the Anzac Day clash against the Magpies after failing to have a ban overturned at the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=287005\" title=\"Captain ruled out of blockbuster after gamble\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":287007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=287005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287008,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287005\/revisions\/287008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/287007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=287005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=287005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=287005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}