Tribunal gamble pays off in four-hour marathon

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Jacob van Rooyen has learned his destiny astatine the AFL tribunal entreaty committee for a striking complaint connected Gold Coast Suns defender Charlie Ballard.

After a deliberation play that lasted implicit 2 hours, and a proceeding that went for 4 hours total, the entreaty committee ruled successful favour of Melbourne with the guardant present escaped to play.

He was banned for 2 matches connected Tuesday after the AFL tribunal upheld a determination by the AFL lucifer reappraisal office.

The entreaty judgement went for 4 hours with AFL's ineligible counsel Andrew Woods dropping retired momentarily astatine 1 signifier of the entreaty matter.

Will Houghton KC, representing Melbourne, called upon the quality of van Rooyen and referenced regularisation 18.5 (marking contests) successful his defence.

Charlie Ballard of the Suns suffers an wounded portion challenging for the shot against Jacob van Rooyen. (Albert Perez via Getty Images)

"We taxable the tribunal was incorrect successful law, due to the fact that it sought to bounds the existent cognition of the regularisation (18.5.3, incidental interaction successful a marking contention volition beryllium permitted if the player's sole nonsubjective is to contention oregon spoil a mark)," helium said.

"The regularisation is determination to support a subordinate whose sole nonsubjective is to either contention the people oregon spoil the mark.

"He went and spoiled the mark, utilizing an outstretched limb and fist to punch the shot away. That should've been the extremity of the matter.

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"Van Rooyen was recovered to beryllium an honorable player, who told an honorable communicative astir an incidental successful which helium achieved the nonsubjective each subordinate should beryllium capable to achieve: to spoil a mark."

Appeal committee president Murray Kellam ruled successful the Demons' favour with van Rooyen escaped to play Hawthorn connected Saturday.

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