AFL appeals board upholds one-week ban against Sydney Swans’ Isaac Heeney

Sydney famous person Isaac Heeney’s Brownlow Medal hopes are over after his attraction in opposition to a one-match suspension was dismissed.

Heeney will miss the Swans’ conflict with North Melbourne on Saturday, whereas the ban makes him ineligible for the AFL’s highest particular person honour this season.

The 28-year-old was initially suspended by the match overview officer for hanging St Kilda defender Jimmy Webster throughout Sydney’s upset loss final Sunday.

The choice was upheld by the tribunal on Tuesday, prompting the Swans to take their case to the appeals board.

Sydney appealed on three grounds, which have been all dismissed on the finish of a two-hour listening to.

The Swans argued the tribunal made an error of regulation, that no tribunal appearing fairly might have reached the choice it did and that there was manifest excessiveness in classifying Heeney’s motion as intentional.

Sydney additionally cited the “good character” clause that helped the Brisbane Lions’ Charlie Cameron overturn a one-match ban earlier this season, partially due to his clear file.

They argued Heeney’s file — two fines and no suspensions in 193 video games — was no completely different to Cameron’s.

Nevertheless it was to no avail, with the ban left to face.

Earlier, Sydney ahead Hayden McLean joined coach John Longmire in defending Heeney, saying the swatting motion his teammate used to interrupt away from Webster was a typical motion within the sport.

“We form of joked about it, like, you do this most likely 40-50 occasions in a sport,” McLean mentioned.

“You all the time attempt to get separation off your man, and it is simply that unfortunate factor.

“He was a bit sorry on the time, and I used to be behind him on the incident. He simply actually mentioned, ‘Sorry, I did not imply it.’

“You do this many occasions a sport, and it is a kind of issues that simply occurred.”

AAP