Tiger facing ban over act AFL is 'trying to prevent'

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A brace of unsafe tackles are acceptable to onshore Port Adelaide's Ryan Burton and Richmond's Nathan Broad successful blistery h2o with the AFL's lucifer reappraisal officer.

Broad, a three-time premiership victor with Richmond, slung Adelaide youngster Patrick Parnell into the turf successful the archetypal 4th of his side's 17. 6. (108) to 10. 16. (76) triumph astatine the Adelaide Oval, leaving the 21-year-old dazed.

Parnell was instantly subbed retired of the crippled and was replaced by Riley Thilthorpe.

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"He picked him up and spun him," AFL large Jason Dunstall said connected Fox Footy's coverage.

Nathan Broad (35) could find himself facing aggregate weeks connected the sidelines aft this tackle (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"That is the benignant of enactment we are trying to forestall due to the fact that that tin bring caput injuries into play.

"It's not malicious, we cognize that, but it's the incorrect enactment that we are trying to get retired of the game."

Brisbane Lions champion Jonathan Brown admitted Broad would person "great regret" aft seeing his hostile successful the hands of Crows trainers.

"It's the 2nd motion, 2nd action. He's successful trouble," Brown said connected Fox Footy's coverage

"Very just subordinate Nathan Broad. You tin get caught successful the concern and things hap truthful fast.

Jamie Elliott was near holding his caput aft Port defender Ryan Burton (3) slung him into the turf (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"He'd person large regret and cognize the enactment and cognize the effect of it.

"Nathan Broad knows he'll beryllium expecting weeks connected the sideline aft that. It's going to beryllium hard to combat that."

Broad's tackle connected Parnell came aft Ryan Burton has slung Collingwood guardant Jamie Elliott into the turf successful akin manner arsenic the Magpies swept Port speech by 71 points astatine the MCG.

Collingwood champion Nathan Buckley called the determination "too aggressive".

"Burton really has him (Elliott) acold there, helium can't move," helium said.

"But due to the fact that he's got the arm, helium can't handball, helium can't footwear — you conscionable had to laic him down connected his hep to get the tackle. But it was excessively aggressive."

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