'As vicious an incident as you're going to see'

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Port Adelaide large Kane Cornes has deed retired astatine Kysaiah Pickett for his bump connected Bulldogs weapon Bailey Smith, saying it's "as vicious an incidental arsenic you're going to spot for a agelong time".

Pickett's sanction was taken successful the 2nd 4th of Melbourne's 17.13 (115) to 9.11 (65) triumph astatine the MCG aft helium floored Smith and kickstarted a brawl.

The 21-year-old guardant was 1 of the champion players connected the ground, kicking an equal-game precocious 4 goals, but was cited for the disfigured deed connected Smith.

Speaking connected Nine's Sunday AFL Footy Show, Cornes said Pickett was fortunate Smith was capable to get up.

"That's a quality rocket determination ... launching himself truly dangerously," helium said.

"He chooses to bump, helium leaves the ground, and helium launches, and he's truly fortunate that Bailey Smith got up."

The AFL tribunal has historically been lenient connected incidents wherever determination has been nary injury. AFL.com writer Damian Barrett suggested Smith's deficiency of wounded volition mean Pickett whitethorn lone beryllium deed with a careless charge, and suspended for a week.

"But we're successful a play of this crippled wherever there's a raft of litigation ... and determination whitethorn good beryllium an statement that the intent of that - wrong play albeit - was worse than immoderate different instances you spot erstwhile it's retired of play," helium said.

"As such, I'd beryllium amazed if he's not retired for 2 weeks fixed that."

Cornes hits retired astatine 'vicious' Pickett hit

Richmond large Nathan Brown said helium would similar to spot Pickett look a harsher penalty.

"Does (match reappraisal officer) Michael Christian person the quality to override the constituent strategy and say, 'OK, we're going to prohibition the action, not the outcome.

"This is the cleanable example. Round 1 - and you don't privation to spot anybody miss a crippled - but you prohibition the enactment and does helium person an override button? Where helium goes, 'Well, 1 week doesn't fit. Does it go 3 weeks connected my override'."

While Christian is bound by the laws successful beforehand of him, the AFL are capable to travel implicit the apical and marque their ain suspensions.

"The AFL tin yet bash immoderate it wants to do," Barrett said.

"As we've travel to cognize with concussion, it's not conscionable the interaction of this connected the concussion itself, it's the repetitive caput jolting, which which Smith intelligibly suffered successful immoderate form."

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