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Richmond striker Rhyan Mansell has been convicted of difficult behavior and will serve his prohibition of three games.
The AFL court deliberated for almost half an hour after a 90 -minute hearing on Tuesday night and rejected the arguments of the Tigers.
Mansell’s audience was widely seen as a test case after the AFL issued a memorandum last month, warning players against pushing opponents to marking competitions.
Richmond’s striker was accused after pushing the defender of St Kilda, Liam O’Connell, to the path of Tigres Tom Lynch and Anthony Caminiti of St Kilda.
O’Connell was shocked and the Michael Christian party review officer described Mansell’s incident as careless behavior, severe impact and high contact.
“We found that this was a difficult conduct,” said the president of the court, Jeff Gleeson Kc, adding that Mansell had violated his duty of care as a player.
“The strength of the impulse is a significant factor here: it went far beyond what a reasonable player would consider prudent in the circumstances, particularly the circumstances in which the impulse was in the direction of the path of the ball.”
Mansell argued that he had pushed O’Connell to gain separation in a marking contest.
The Tigers also argued that the court had not accused the player of the west coast, Reuben Ginbey, for a preseason incident where he pushed Richmond Youngster Sam Lalor to a marked contest, leaving him with a fractured jaw and a brain shock.
The Ginbey-Lalor incident was among a series of preseason incidents that caused the AFL memorandum last month.
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