{"id":411406,"date":"2024-07-11T09:24:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T09:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=411406"},"modified":"2024-07-11T10:04:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T10:04:59","slug":"heeneys-brownlow-dream-over-after-marathon-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=411406","title":{"rendered":"Heeney's Brownlow dream over after marathon hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\ufeffydney<\/a> star midfielder Isaac Heeney<\/a> is officially out of the Brownlow race, after his one-match ban for striking Jimmy Webster was upheld at the AFL's appeals board.<\/p>\n

It came after a marathon hour and 40 minute hearing on Thursday night, followed by another 40 minutes of deliberation, before the matter was dismissed.<\/p>\n

The Swans argued that the tribunal "closed their ears" on Tuesday night, blindly assuming Heeney had intent to strike Webster, which the club denied strongly.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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Heeney was being tagged by St Kilda defender Jimmy Webster off-the-ball during the Swans two-point loss in round 17, with midfielder attempting to shrug him off.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The midfielder moved his right arm and flung it into Webster's face, as he led for the ball in the Swans' forward 50.<\/p>\n

\"Isaac<\/p>\n

Webster was seen then with blood running from his nose from the hit to his face.<\/p>\n

Sydney's lawyer Duncan Miller called out the AFL tribunal for "closing its ears" after identifying Heeney's swinging arm to Webster's face, automatically assuming negative intention.<\/p>\n

Miller also honed in on the careless element of Heeney's original charge.<\/p>\n

"What Heeney did was not the action of someone who intended to hit and run … he showed complete surprise, which is in line with carelessness," Miller said.<\/p>\n

\"Webster<\/p>\n

Heeney's original charge was graded as intentional conduct, low impact, high contact.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The appeals board dismissed the Swans argument that the tribunal \ufeff<\/p>\n

"We conclude that there was material before the tribunal, in which it was open to the tribunal to make the finding of intentional conduct,\ufeff" appeals board member Will Houghton said.<\/p>\n

"We do not consider that the tribunal acted unreasonably … or unjustly, therefore, this case is dismissed."<\/p>\n

The last time a player was ineligible for a Brownlow medal that they won was back before the turn of the century.<\/p>\n

In 1996, it was North Melbourne's Corey McKernan who won the Brownlow but was ineligible, then in 1997, Bulldogs star Chris Grant suffered the same fate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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