{"id":446981,"date":"2025-04-14T21:18:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T21:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=446981"},"modified":"2025-04-14T23:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T23:12:27","slug":"dockers-star-facing-big-ban-for-ugly-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=446981","title":{"rendered":"Dockers star facing big ban for ugly incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/fremantle-dockers-5sf\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Fremantle\">Fremantle<\/a>&#x27;s Patrick Voss is set for a stint on the sidelines after the key forward was hit with a three-match ban for an ugly strike on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/richmond-tigers-5sn\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Richmond\">Richmond<\/a>&#x27;s Nick Vlastuin.<\/p>\n<p>Voss attempted to make a tackle on his rival in the fourth term of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/afl\/live-scores\/richmond-v-fremantle-afl-home-and-away\/166488177\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Dockers&#x27; 61-point win over Richmond\">Dockers&#x27; 61-point win over Richmond<\/a> on Sunday when he landed a swinging arm to the face of Vlastuin.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers defender was left bloodied on the turf with a broken nose and eventually forced to leave the field with team medics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2025-the-mole-exclusive-lachlan-galvin-contract-manly-sea-eagles-20250414-p5lrrl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Deep links revealed in &#x27;shock favourite&#x27; to sign Galvin\"><strong>Deep links revealed in &#x27;shock favourite&#x27; to sign Galvin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/afl\/news-2025-hawthorn-hawks-sam-mitchell-bailey-smith-heckler-port-adelaide-power-20250414-p5lrrj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"What fans yelled at Hawks coach after ejection\"><strong>What fans yelled at Hawks coach after ejection<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\ufeff<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2025-jared-waerea-hargreaves-retirement-hull-kr-20250415-p5lrrn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Roosters legend announces retirement\"><strong>Roosters legend announces retirement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"7041b89b-1704-4d44-a841-f382dd8b9e6a\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7041b89b-1704-4d44-a841-f382dd8b9e6a\" alt=\"Nick Vlastuin of the Tigers is injured by Patrick Voss of the Dockers.\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The incident was graded as severe impact, high contact, and careless conduct by the match review officer, who confirmed a three-match ban.<\/p>\n<p>Richmond coach Adem Yze dismissed suggestions that there may have been malice or intent behind the tackle when he provided an update on his player post-match.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;His nose is a bit crooked but that&#x27;s the game,&quot; Yze said of Vlastuin&#x27;s injury post-match.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s a tough player and puts his head in places that he probably shouldn&#x27;t.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"d07645de-a4ef-490f-a284-7636507eedcf\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/d07645de-a4ef-490f-a284-7636507eedcf\" alt=\"Nick Vlastuin of the Tigers goes off injured.\" data-width=\"794\" data-height=\"447\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;He passed all of (the concussion tests) so it was just a blood rule. He&#x27;s got a bit of a shiner but he&#x27;ll be OK.&quot;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle will have 24 hours to decide if they will challenge the ban.<\/p>\n<p>If the club and Voss elect to accept the three-game suspension, the young star will be ineligible for selection until the club faces Collingwood on May 8.\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Fremantle&#x27;s Patrick Voss is set for a stint on the sidelines after the key forward was hit with a three-match ban for an ugly strike <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=446981\" title=\"Dockers star facing big ban for ugly incident\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":446983,"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\/446981"}],"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=446981"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446986,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446981\/revisions\/446986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/446983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=446981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=446981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=446981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}