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MELBOURNE'S Jack Viney is free to play against the Western Bulldogs after beating his two-match suspension for rough conduct — and the odds — at the AFL Appeals Board.
The hard-nosed midfielder said footy can "just go back to normal now" after confusion surrounding the bump was settled by last night's verdict.
Suspended on Tuesday night by the AFL Tribunal for his part in the clash that left Adelaide's Tom Lynch with a broken jaw, Melbourne appealed that decision on the grounds that "the decision was so unreasonable, that no tribunal acting reasonably could have come to that decision having regard to the evidence before it".
Viney's odds going in to the hearing weren't great given that just one of the 14 cases previously taken to this Appeals Board had been successful.
But after a 74-minute session at Etihad Stadium — heard by Chairman Peter O'Callaghan QC, Brian Collis QC and Michael Green — followed by a 14-minute deliberation process, O'Callaghan emerged to deliver the words so many in the AFL community wanted to hear.
"We have concluded that the appeal should be upheld," O'Callaghan said after noting the difficulty of the case given the "hysteria" around it.
"And while the board is not obliged to give reasons ... we will do so in due course."
A noticeably relieved Viney said afterwards: "I always thought I was in the right".
"So I'm just really glad to be able to play," Viney said.
He also said, despite enduring "a stressful week", he would be fully ready to play at the MCG tomorrow night.
Melbourne football manager Josh Mahoney said the club felt it was important to appeal "not only for our footy club and for Jack but for the good of the game".
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"There's been some confusion about our argument," Mahoney said.
"We were certainly never saying anything about the bump, we actually support the rule that if a player chooses to bump and makes head high contact that there's the chance that he may be cited.
"However our argument all along was that Jack was playing an instinctive game, he had a very limited reaction time to make a decision and it was all in protection of himself rather than going for the bump."
Viney's case was led by David Grace QC, who said slow motion replays of the incident gave unfair appearance of Viney's actions being "a voluntary and intentional bump".
"What happened to Mr Lynch was an accident. It wasn't in any way intended as a result of a bump," Grace said.
"Mr Viney could not reasonably foresee that the consequences of the evasive action that he took — even if it was technically described as a bump, which is not conceded (by Viney) — was within his control.
"What I submit is that the Tribunal jury ought to have so found, on the balance of probabilities, that there was nothing Jack Viney could have done to change the intentions or be able to control the actions of Lynch and (Alex) Georgiou.
"The course of action was set in train and there was nothing he could do. Half a second is what he is being criticised for. That half a second time span does not allow considered decision making to occur."
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