{"id":330450,"date":"2023-09-12T10:13:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T10:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=330450"},"modified":"2023-09-12T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:00:35","slug":"stunning-maynard-verdict-after-four-hour-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=330450","title":{"rendered":"Stunning Maynard verdict after four-hour hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collingwood Magpies gun Brayden Maynard has been cleared to play by the AFL Tribunal after a four-hour hearing.<\/p>\n

Maynard was facing a three-match ban for his hit on Melbourne's Angus Brayshaw but will now be free to play in the rest of the finals series\ufeff.<\/p>\n

The defender pleaded not guilty to rough conduct and not guilty to careless conduct with the Tribunal ruling in his favour.<\/p>\n

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Early in the first quarter of the Magpies<\/a>' qualifying final win against Melbourne<\/a> last weekend, Maynard jumped in an effort to spoil \ufeffAngus Brayshaw's kick.<\/p>\n

But as he came down, he collected the Demons midfielder in the head and knocked him out<\/a>. \ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Brayden<\/p>\n

After the match, Maynard said the incident was a "footy act", but \ufeffthe AFL Match Review Officer and football executive general manager Laura Kane graded it careless conduct, severe impact and high contact, which carries a minimum three-match ban.<\/p>\n

In going through the incident, Maynard said he was "looking at the football the whole time", and the contact left him feeling "a bit rattled".<\/p>\n

"I had to jump in the air to try and touch the ball. I jumped off two feet, straight in the air," Maynard said.<\/p>\n

\"MELBOURNE,<\/p>\n

"When I jumped, I was looking at the football the whole time. When I was in the air and smothering the ball, I looked at the football, felt like I made connection, then turned my head to land and "shit, he was there".<\/p>\n

"It was a surprise he had come into my way. It was almost like a flinch reaction. I seized up.<\/p>\n

"Next thing I know he was on the floor and I was a bit rattled myself."<\/p>\n

Maynard rejected AFL counsel Andrew Woods' argument he could have "outstretched" or "opened" his arms in a bid to cushion some of the impact.<\/p>\n

\"Clarkson<\/p>\n

\ufeff"I feel the same outcome would have happened because it was a collision. It happened very quickly," he said.<\/p>\n

"I didn't see him coming down my line. I saw him to the right of me."<\/p>\n

Maynard's rejection was supported by \ufeffbiomechanist Michael Cole, who said he would have had "no opportunity" to avoid the collision.<\/p>\n

Among the evidence submitted as part of the three-hour hearing was slow-motion vision from behind the goals with overlays of coloured "lanes", which showed Brayshaw in the middle of Maynard's "lane" when they collided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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