Adelaide defender Mitch Hinge given one game ban for high hit on Fremantle's Andrew Brayshaw
Adelaide defender Mitch Hinge has been handed a one-game ban for his 'uppercut' on Fremantle's Andrew Brayshaw in their Anzac Day clash.
Hinge collected Brayshaw with his fist during the second quarter of the game, though fortunately for Hinge, Brayshaw was unaffected and was able to play out the game to win the inaugural Arthur Leggett Medal in a dominant display.
However, Hinge will not escape punishment with the match review officer grading the incident as intentional, low impact and high contact.
After the game, Channel 7 AFL reporter Ryan Daniels called it 'interesting', while AFL legend Nick Riewoldt described the hit as an 'uppercut'.
'This one's from early in the game (on Friday). It was Mitch Hinge on Andy Brayshaw. So it happened right in front of us, actually, on the boundary. So this is the incident right here,' Daniels said as he ran the Channel 7 vision of the moment.
'As you can see, a little jab there. Brayshaw got a free kick, which was taken in the pocket, had a shot for goal and missed, but that's an interesting one.
'The MRO will definitely have a look at that.
'I don't think it's severe impact. He played on, obviously, so he doesn't have that to worry about, but it is a high one.'
Riewoldt didn't like the look of it and predicted a sanction would be the right outcome.
'It's a strike, it's a left uppercut,' Riewoldt said.
'So he, he gets a week (suspension) or he gets a fine.'
Josh Worrell was also cited for a dangerous tackle on forward Michael Frederick but was graded as careless with the Crows' star offered a $2000 with an early guilty plea.
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