Brisbane Lions prima Jarrod Berry is escaped to play successful Friday's preliminary last against Geelong aft having his one-match prohibition for unnecessary interaction overturned astatine the AFL tribunal.
Berry was freed to look the Cats aft tribunal seat Jeff Gleeson determined that his interaction to the oculus portion of Melbourne's Clayton Oliver was not deliberate.
Berry fronted the tribunal claiming aforesaid defence successful his tussle with Oliver during the heated finals clash, portion the AFL argued that he'd made a "raking" question that was not instinctive.
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The 24-year-old told the tribunal that helium feared helium "might suffer consciousness" if helium didn't effort to get Oliver disconnected him, arsenic the Lions called successful a neurosurgeon to backmost up the prima midfielder.
The neurosurgeon, Dr Damian Amato from Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital, explained the value of Berry protecting himself successful the tussle with Oliver's close forearm pressuring the Lions star's neck.
"The information of that is obstruction of his airway and reducing oxygen proviso to the brain," Dr Amato said.
"It's evident from the footage he's not moving successful 1 azygous manner, but flailing each limbs to get Oliver disconnected him and relieve unit from his airway.
"He was protecting himself."
Berry said helium did not cognize wherever Oliver's caput was portion "flailing" arsenic helium was pinned to the turf.
"At that constituent I didn't person imaginativeness of wherever my manus was. I was trying to drawback Clayton's jumper and unluckily grabbed his oculus region," Berry said.
"I retrieve not having my eyes connected Oliver astatine each and was conscionable trying to get him off.
"I'd picture it much arsenic a flailing action. My legs are doing a akin thing."
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