Collingwood will challenge the three-match ban for Billy Frampton after the tackle in the King’s Birthday clash that left Melbourne’s Brody Mihocek with a fractured neck that required surgery.
Match review officer Michael Christian ruled Frampton’s actions on his former Magpies teammate during the second term of the close match at the MCG to be careless and high, with severe impact.
The AFL tribunal will sit on Wednesday evening to hear the case.
Mihocek, 33, temporarily lost feeling in some of his limbs after being knocked out when the top of his head was accidentally driven into the ground in the Frampton tackle.
He underwent surgery on Monday evening and Melbourne confirmed the power forward, who was a premiership player at the Magpies, had since been out of his hospital bed and was walking.
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Hannah Kennelly is an award-winning sports reporter and Formula 1 writer at The Age.Connect via email.
