Sydney veteran Josh Kennedy has been hit with a one-match suspension for putting Sam Docherty within the Swans’ 15-point AFL loss to Carlton.
Kennedy caught Docherty excessive through the second quarter at Marvel Stadium on Friday night time with a slipshod spoiling try that cut up open the Blues defender’s head.
The match evaluation officer graded the incident as careless conduct, medium influence and excessive contact.
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Docherty was operating again with the flight of the ball when he was hit by Kennedy.
He left the sphere underneath the blood rule instantly after the collision however returned to play out the match.
Kennedy wasn’t so fortunate, having torn his proper hamstring in the identical play.
The Swans co-captain was substituted out of the match and faces a prolonged stint on the sidelines, rendering the suspension inconsequential.
“It was a bad hamstring,” Sydney coach John Longmire stated.
“I don’t think there’s any such thing as a good hamstring (injury), but if they say it’s a bad hamstring it’s going to be quite a few weeks, you’d imagine.”
A 15-season veteran, Kennedy turns 34 subsequent month and is 11 video games in need of the 300-game milestone.
He’s set to bear scans over the weekend, with the complete extent of the injury to be identified in coming days.
Kennedy’s teammate Chad Warner ($1000) and Carlton defender Liam Stocker ($1500) had been additionally cited by the match evaluation officer and fined for wrestling one another.
