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News.com.au
10 hours ago
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- News.com.au
Legends left divided over Dylan Shiel's questionable push in the back
AFL greats Matthew Lloyd and Nathan Brown have been left divided over Dylan Shiel's questionable act on Friday night. Shiel was referred directly to the tribunal for a 'dangerous' pushing act that led to a scary collision with teammate Luamon Lual. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. Shiel, during a contest on the wing in the second term, shoved Mark O'Connor into the pathway of Lual running back with the flight as the young Bomber was tunnelled and flipped backwards as he crashed to the turf on his head. Lual was eventually able to get to his feet and left the ground with a trainer. The 20-year old returned to the game after halftime and was subbed out for tactical purposes. The incident became a hot topic of conversation on Sunday morning as the two former greats went toe-to-toe over the moment. 'It's an action that happens in football quite often and I think he's trying to make space for himself,' Brown said on Channel 9's Sunday Footy Show. 'I don't think he understands that there's another player coming in. I think you can fight that. So you look at that. He doesn't know that the Essendon player is going to jump in from the side. 'So what he's doing, he's trying to push his player underneath to get the ball over the back. And he doesn't expect the Essendon player to jump up and that's awful.' Football reporter Damien Barrett jumped in: 'So you're defensive of Shiel?' Brown responded: 'I'm quite defensive.' It was then that Lloyd joined in the conversation and said the act has been taken out of the game. 'I'm not. That's out of the game now. You can't do that,' Lloyd said. Brown shot back: 'A big forward will do that every night.' Lloyd: 'But not anymore,' Brown: 'A forward inside forward 50 would be able to hold them out and then push them late like that and try and take the mark time and time again.' Lloyd simply shook his head as he disagreed with Brown's stance on the incident. The Essendon champion wasn't the only one to condemn Shiel with former Melbourne captain Garry Lyon calling him out. 'That's dangerous by Dylan Shiel. Fine, suspended, whatever you want there. I think that's a suspension,' Lyon said on the Fox Footy broadcast. 'This is what we talk about with tunnelling and pushing players into contests, this is why we get up in arms about it.' Lyon post-match doubled down on the 'ugly incident' he 'didn't like one bit,' calling for new AFL footy boss Greg Swann to 'stamp it out'. 'Greg Swann is sitting at home, enough of that, stamp it out. Give him one or two weeks,' Lyon said. 'You can't go pushing blokes like that. The danger of that is extraordinary. Make a stand now.' Shiel's act went ungraded as a rough conduct charge, with the match review findings stating the AFL recommended a one-match ban, citing O'Connor as the 'victim player'. 'The AFL's view is that a suspension of one match is the appropriate penalty having regard to both the impact to O'Connor and the significant potential that Shiel's teammate, Luamon Lual, could have suffered a serious head or neck injury arising from Shiel's unreasonable conduct, which caused Lual's head and neck to make contact with the ground with force,' the statement read. 'In this respect, the Laws of Australian football state that a player owes a duty of care to all other players, not just their opponents.'
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
Bombers star sent to tribunal for friendly fire act
Essendon veteran Dylan Shiel is facing a one-match suspension for a push that had "significant potential" to cause injury to teammate Luamon Lual. Shiel was referred directly to the tribunal after pushing Geelong opponent Mark O'Connor in the way of Lual during their 44-point loss to the Cats at GMHBA Stadium on Friday night. An airborne Lual, making an attempt at an intercept mark, tumbled over the top of O'Connor and landed heavily on his head. After a few seconds on the ground, Lual was able to walk himself off the field. The Bombers newcomer returned to the game but was eventually subbed out at three-quarter time. Luamon Lual left the field following this incident involving Mark O'Connor and Dylan Shiel.#AFLCatsDons — AFL (@AFL) August 8, 2025 The incident was deemed rough conduct by the match review officer but not graded. "A suspension of one match is the appropriate penalty having regard to both the impact to O'Connor," a statement by the match review officer said. "And the significant potential that Shiel's teammate, Luamon Lual, could have suffered a serious head or neck injury arising from Shiel's unreasonable conduct, which caused Lual's head and neck to make contact with the ground with force." The match review officer reiterated their position by stating the players owe "a duty of care to all other players, not just their opponents".
Herald Sun
2 days ago
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- Herald Sun
Dylan Shiel faces MRO heat for push that leads to Luamon Lual fall
Don't miss out on the headlines from AFL. Followed categories will be added to My News. Essendon veteran Dylan Shiel is set to come under match review scrutiny after a marking contest shove that caused an ugly collision in the Bombers' Friday clash with Geelong at GMHBA Stadium. Shiel shoved Mark O'Connor into a marking contest on the wing in the second quarter, causing the Irish Cat to accidentally tunnel Luamon Lual, who flipped and fell on his head. Lual got to his feet gingerly before he was walked off the ground with the Essendon trainer, but the first-year Bomber returned to the field after halftime. The AFL sent a memo to clubs earlier this year after several similar incidents in marking contests. Richmond forward Rhyan Mansell served a three-match suspension for shoving St Kilda's Liam O'Connor into the path of Tom Lynch, which left O'Connor concussed. Carlton father-son Ben Camporeale received a four-match suspension last month in the VFL for causing a sickening head clash between Brisbane duo Deven Robertson and James Tunstill. Melbourne great Garry Lyon said he believed Shiel's act was worthy of a suspension. 'That's dangerous by Dylan Shiel. Fine, suspended, whatever you want there,' Lyon said on Fox Footy. 'I think it is a suspension.' Geelong defender Jack Henry was subbed out of the game at halftime with hamstring tightness. Originally published as Dylan Shiel to face MRO scrutiny for push that leads to nasty Luamon Lual fall
