Geelong ahead Oliver Henry has been fined by the AFL Tribunal over an incident in Saturday’s conflict with Carlton that was broadly thought-about staging.
Blues defender Zac Williams went down theatrically after what appeared minimal contact from Henry late within the third quarter of Geelong’s 13-point win in an incident you’ll be able to watch within the video participant above.
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“He performed for the free kick and misplaced,” Kangaroos nice David King mentioned in commentary on the time.
Within the build-up to the second, with the Blues trailing by simply 4 factors, Geelong’s Tyson Stengle took a mark and wheeled round earlier than sending a brief kick to Gryan Miers on the prime of the centre sq..
Proper because the ball was on its technique to Miers, Henry was heading in the direction of the ahead 50m arc when Williams modified route and tried to fulfill the Geelong ahead.
Henry caught his left arm out in the direction of Williams, however most watching on felt the Carlton defender made the a lot of the contact.
It was ignored by the umpires, however the Match Evaluate Officer has deemed the incident intentional conduct, low impression and physique conduct, fining the important thing ahead $6,520.
It may be lowered to $3,750 with an early plea.
The transfer comes as considerably of a shock, with Hawthorn legend Jason Dunstall providing the next evaluation on Fox Footy as he noticed a replay of the incident.
“He goes down a bit simply for mine,” Dunstall mentioned of Williams. “I don’t imply to be brutal about it, however he modified route into him.
“There was just a little brush over the shoulder, however he did go down very simply.”
There was a blended response from followers watching on, though many used an identical theme when taking to X, previously Twitter.
“Give him his nicely deserved Oscar,” was one remark.
“Embarrassing and price his group a objective by staging,” wrote one other.
“3 weeks for simulation. Make an instance out of this wimp,” instructed one other.
“Is Christopher Nolan on the ‘G at this time? Who’s Zac Williams making an attempt to impress?” requested one other.
There have been some, nonetheless, who felt the contact did advantage a free kick to the defender.
“Performed for the free kick getting clotheslined?!?” one wrote.
“It’s a free kick on daily basis of the week. 4 umpires couldn’t see that?” requested one other.
The Cats held an 11-point lead on the last change as they tried to proceed their unbeaten begin to the season.
When Geelong kicked the primary 4 targets of the ultimate time period the match appeared over, earlier than the Blues made it attention-grabbing by kicking the subsequent 4 in succession to shut to inside eight factors.
Jeremy Cameron then kicked his fifth for the day to seal the win because the Blues slipped to 5-2 for the yr and out of rivalry for a top-four spot on the finish of spherical seven.
Henry added three targets, whereas Williams had a quiet sport, ending with 17 disposals, three marks and two tackles.
Carlton spearhead Harry McKay has additionally been fined a complete of $5,000 for twice making contact with an umpire within the fourth quarter of the match, which could be lowered to $3,125 with an early plea.
And Bulldog Rhylee West has been hit with a one-match ban for tough conduct on Fremantle’s Brandon Walker within the second quarter of their conflict in Perth.
