Fremantle Dockers Captain Alex Pearce has successfully challenged his three-game suspension for rough behavior in the AFT tribunal, making him free on Saturday to play against Gold Coast.
Pearce successfully argued against the classification that his actions were careless when he collided with Port Adelaide player Darcy Byrne-Jones in the 49-point victory of Saturday evening in Perth Stadium, without challenging the classifications of serious impact and high contact.
Darcy Byrne-Jones left the field during the round 11 match. ((Monkey: Richard Wainwright))
The proof of the most important defender played a key role in the hearing of the tribunal, with the argument of Fremantle aimed at claiming his actions in the circumstances, because he made a realistic attempt to mark or intercept the ball.
Through lawyer Tim Hammond, the Dockers argued that Pearce took the only practical reaction in the circumstances by trying to influence the game, which suggests that it would do differently against the spirit of the game.
Pearce emphasized that he made a sincere attempt to complete a breast strip, as he often does in matches that are played in wet circumstances, where the dockers pointed to an earlier example in the same game in which he took a stamp on his chest in the defense.
Pearce retains his behavior reasonably. ((Monkey: Richard Wainwright))
The captain argued that he would have nothing else and could not have done anything else if he had his time again, because he had to make 100 percent efforts as an AFL player and the leader of the club to make an attempt at the ball and influence the game.
He said that he only realized at the last fraction of a second that he would not mark the ball and deleted himself and dropped his arms to limit the impact of the approaching contact.
Fremantle also claimed that Pearce’s Pad never devoured the ball directly, and his eyes remained focused on the ball, expecting that he always had a reasonable prospect to intercept or mark.
AFL claims a duty of care infringement
APL -Raadsman Sally Flynn argued that Pearce was probably always the second place of the game and therefore had to delay his momentum and withdrew from the marking match, and said that the Fremantle captain had a duty of care to know the location of other players on the field and the potential risks.
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She argued that Pearce has violated his duty of care by not delaying his momentum.
Pearce refuted the suggestion that he should have known that he would be hit against the ball and said that if he withdrew, it would not be good with him, the team or the broader football audience.
After about half an hour of deliberation, the Tribunal Pearce knew and said that the action was not a rough behavior.
Coach welcomes a decision
Fremantle -Coach Justin Longmuir told Channel Seven that the statement was welcome news.
“Yes, great results, we thought we had a good thing to argue, and yes, it will be great to have him on the weekend and to lead the team again,” Longmuir said.
“All the while we thought that Alex disputed the ball, we never thought that he canceled for contact or bend for contact and tried to bump Byne-Jones.
“We thought he always tried to go for the ball and made a reasonable game on it.”
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