AFL's punishment for fan's 'not acceptable' act

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The AFL has travel down hard connected the spectator who reached implicit the obstruction and made interaction with Richmond's Marlion Pickett connected Friday night, banning the instrumentality for the remainder of the men's and women's seasons.

During the 3rd 4th of Richmond's clash with the Western Bulldogs astatine Melbourne's Marvel Stadium, a spectator got retired of his seat, leaned implicit the obstruction and patted Pickett's near enarthrosis 3 times arsenic the Tiger's backmost was turned.

After carrying retired an probe into the incident, which drew information beingness immediately, the AFL has banned the spectator from attending each AFL and AFLW matches until October 2024.

Marlion Pickett shovels a handball successful Richmond's clash with the Western Bulldogs. (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

The patron was neither an AFL nor a nine subordinate and was sitting successful a wide nationalist section.

"We person the champion fans successful the satellite and much than 6.4 cardinal radical person attended the footy this twelvemonth and we privation everyone who comes to the footy to cheer for their squad and bask the acquisition of being there, but erstwhile you overstep the boundaries, which is what happened connected Friday night, past you volition suffer the privilege of being capable to be the footy," said AFL lawsuit and commercialized brag Kylie Rogers.

"Our wide connection is this — we emotion the interactions betwixt players and fans, particularly successful the precious moments pre and post-game, however, what we saw connected Friday nighttime during the lucifer is not acceptable and ne'er volition be."

The Tigers mislaid to the Bulldogs by 55 points and are present acceptable to face St Kilda astatine Marvel Stadium connected Sunday afternoon.

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