Rising Melbourne star Kysaiah Pickett has been positioned on report for an unsightly bump on Western Bulldogs gun Bailey Smith.
Through the second quarter of Saturday night time’s blockbuster AFL conflict, Pickett launched into Smith with an enormous hit after the Bulldogs celebrity had kicked the ball ahead.
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Pickett was late and caught Smith excessive in a brutal shot that can be scrutinized by the Match Overview Officer.
Smith was remarkably in a position to get again to his toes instantly which might assist Pickett on the subject of grading the incident.
“Nicely, he is very lucky that Bailey Smith received straight again up, however it’s not an motion we like within the sport,” Brownlow medalist Jobe Watson mentioned on Channel 7.
Bulldogs gamers got here charging in to remonstrate with Pickett after the incident and the younger Demon might have one other case to reply with photographers capturing what appeared like one other excessive hit – this time on Jackson Macrae.
The incident comes because the AFL faces a landmark class motion for the intense injury concussion has prompted former gamers.
On Tuesday, a class action was lodged in the Victorian Supreme Court docket by Margalit Damage Attorneys on behalf of greater than 60 former AFL gamers.
However a second class motion might have greater than 200 gamers concerned.
The lead plaintiffs of the brand new class motion are former Melbourne star forward Shaun SmithAdelaide Crows flag hero Darren Jarman, and the spouse of the late Shane Tuck.
Brownlow medalist John Platten and former Geelong and Essendon large man John Barnes are simply two of the high-profile names among the many group members of the second motion.
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