Collingwood’s Taylor Adams and Essendon’s Zach Merrett will miss the Anzac Day blockbuster after failing to overturn suspensions at the tribunal.
But there was some good news for St Kilda’s Anthony Caminiti, who successfully proved his off-the-ball hit that concussed Collingwood’s Nathan Murphy was careless not intentional and received a three-match ban.
Essendon skipper Merrett and Collingwood vice-captain Adams challenged one-match rough conduct bans for dangerous tackles hoping to be free for the clash between the second-placed Magpies and third-placed Bombers.
Their tackles were considered careless conduct, medium impact and high contact but they unsuccessfully attempted to downgrade their charges to low impact.
Adams was the third man in after teammates Beau McCreery and Tom Mitchell had already tackled St Kilda’s Seb Ross, slinging the midfielder to the ground.
(C) AAP
