Geelong captain Joel Selwood will miss Saturday’s clash with the Western Bulldogs at Simonds Stadium after accepting a one-match suspension for his “chicken wing” tackle on North Melbourne’s Sam Wright, according to Geelong Cats website.
Selwood was offered the one-game ban by the Match Review Panel on Monday afternoon for rough conduct after the incident was graded as intentional, medium impact and body contact.
The suspension came despite Wright telling the Roos’ website that the incident was overblown.
“Looking back at the vision over the last few days, I think it’s been blown out of proportion to tell you the truth,” Wright said.
“He was looking at the umpire the whole time. It was heat of the battle and you know J-Mac (Jamie Macmillan) coming in probably made it a bit worse.
