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Lions hero in strife over apparent eye gouge - CtrlF.XYZ

Lions hero in strife over apparent eye gouge

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Brisbane Lions prima Jarrod Berry has been lauded for his show successful his side's semi-final win, but could miss the preliminary last owed to his relation successful a second-half scuffle.

Berry was enactment onto Brownlow Medal favourite Clayton Oliver successful the 2nd fractional and dominated arsenic the Lions came from a 28-point shortage to tally retired 14. 8. (92) to 11. 13. (79) winners implicit Melbourne successful beforehand of a stunned MCG crowd.

The 24-year-old dominated the 2nd half, collecting 22 of his 26 disposals successful the play to spell on with 5 clearances and six people involvements.

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It was a show that near AFL greats Garry Lyon and Nathan Buckley successful awe.

"The play surrounding Clayton Oliver and Jarrod Berry is going to rage, marque nary mistake," Lyon said connected Fox Footy's coverage.

"Jarrod Berry's 2nd fractional connected Clayton Oliver, it was arsenic bully a show arsenic you'll see. That is arsenic bully a 2nd fractional arsenic I've seen anyone play connected a bloke who I deliberation is 1 of the champion players successful the competition."

"He got progressive successful stoppage and successful clearance and bushed Oliver astatine his ain game, but past aerially impacted, arsenic well," Buckley added.

"It was a implicit performance."

The Lions volition look insignificant premiers Geelong astatine the MCG successful adjacent week's preliminary final, but could beryllium without Berry, aft helium was progressive successful an evident eye-gouging incidental successful the 3rd quarter.

Berry and Oliver recovered themselves successful a scuffle successful the mediate of the ground, and aft the Demons prima complained to the umpires astir scratches astir his oculus area, replays showed the Lions star's dubious act.

"That volition predominate speech for the adjacent week oregon so," Lyon said of Berry's tussle with Oliver.

"It's not a large look. If they get done this, he's going to beryllium successful a satellite of pain."

"We saw that small incidental and helium volition beryllium successful occupation for it," Buckley added.

Berry downplayed the incidental arsenic "a small scuffle" aft the match.

"You don't similar doing that to bully fellas, but it's each a portion of the contest," helium told Fox Footy of his contention with Oliver.

"Hopefully that's what the fans emotion to see. Nothing purposeful, it was conscionable a small scuffle successful the centre of the MCG. It's conscionable a portion of the contention and a intelligence battle."

While Berry could miss adjacent week's clash, Brisbane is apt to beryllium buoyed by the inclusions of Joe Daniher and Oscar McInerney, who missed owed to idiosyncratic reasons and wounded respectively.

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