Ryder Cleared

Added: 9 months ago, Source: Bomber Blitz

Essendon ruck woes was given a slight fillup as Patrick Ryder beat his striking charge at the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday night. The AFL Match Review Panel offered the Bombers only available ruckman a one-match ban for rough conduct against Adelaide’s Patrick Dangerfield and the club risked a two-week suspension if last night’s AFL Tribunal challenge failed. “My intention was to lay a shepherd, just run in with my arm and (hit) his arm and shoulder,” Ryder said. Essendon’s football operations manager Paul Hamilton said the club was confident of beating the charge. “We’re a bit low on rucks at the moment, as you saw on the weekend, but we’re really pleased with the decision and believe Patty Ryder’s a very fair player and he has been his whole career. “We were confident going in because we believed his action was reasonable, we knew what his intent was and … whilst it was considered a risk because it would have been two weeks without a ruckman of any sort, we didn’t think it was, in the overall scheme of things.” ...
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