It was meant to be Tom Lynch’s triumphant return from harm for the primary time since spherical 15 final yr.
Nonetheless, the Tigers’ star ahead will no cop a one sport ban for a excessive bump on Carlton’s Tom De Koning on Thursday evening.
It was a dour word to finish on for an in any other case succesful evening for the Tigers, as they overcame the Blues after getting back from 41 factors down to assert a 13 level win of their first match of the season.
Lynch collided with De Koning throughout the second quarter because the Blue tried to handball the ball out of his defensive zone. He would head to the bench afterwards however was finally cleared to return, with trainers figuring out he didn’t require an HIA.
Whereas De Koning was cleared, the match evaluation officer decided Lynch’s hit met the one sport ban threshold, figuring out the hit had careless conduct, medium influence and excessive contact.
The end result means Lynch will miss his facet’s journey to Adelaide to tackle Port Adelaide Energy subsequent Saturday.
Carlton additionally copped an hit from the MRO as properly on an already disappointing evening, being hit with a $5,000 fantastic for for careless contact with an umpire.
