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Adelaide’s Ebony Marinoff free to play AFLW round one after having three-match suspension overturned
Star Adelaide midfielder Ebony Marinoff is free to play in round one of the AFLW after having the heaviest suspension in the competition’s history overturned during a marathon appeal hearing.
Key points:
- Marinoff had initially been suspended for three matches following her collision with the Giants’ Brid Stack
- Stack fractured her neck in the incident that occurred during a preseason match
- Marinoff would have missed a third of the home-and-away season if the appeal had been dismissed
Marinoff returned to the AFL Appeals Board on Thursday night to challenge her three-match ban for forceful front-on contact, with the hearing lasting three-and-a-half hours.
The two-time premiership player was initially suspended for a collision that left Greater…
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