Published: May 27, 2019
- Cats star has never before served a suspension
- Ablett twice cleared of striking in last four weeks
Gary Ablett’s latest outburst has cost him an AFL suspension with the league declaring it will not tolerate players striking each other off the ball. Match review officer Michael Christian handed down a one-game ban to the Geelong champion, who caught Gold Coast opponent Anthony Miles square in the jaw with a right-arm jab during the Cats’ win at Metricon Stadium.
It was the third time in four weeks that 35-year-old Ablett had faced match review scrutiny in a bizarre ill-disciplined run for the decorated veteran. Ablett successfully challenged a one-game suspension for a high hit on Essendon’s Dylan Shiel at the tribunal after round seven, then escaped sanction for a similar head-high bump on North Melbourne’s Sam Wright a week later.
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