‘Complicated’: Hipwood guilty of umpire contact push but avoids suspension - The Age

In a case described by the tribunal as “complicated”, the panellists took 45 minutes to arrive at their finding and fine the Lion $2500, a penalty that the AFL had argued was “far from adequate”.

Viewed from certain angles, this incident looks quite troubling as it appears that Hipwood intended to push Gardner into the umpire, Gleeson said. However, on viewing the footage from behind the goa… [+2212 chars]

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