You can get suspended from any game where you have real umpires, even intraclubs. O'Hailpin got a four game suspension by the AFL for clocking Cloke back in the day in a trial game because they had an umpire.
Daniher had a full pre season and entered the season coming off kicking 3, bit different to a guy that hobbled off the ground and from all reports is a genuine chance not to play on Thursday either.
I remember fading Joel Selwood after he missed the last practise match one year even though he had a full preseason. I think he went on to have his best year.
Would like him a hell of alot more if he was going to be used in the midfield, personally dont have high hopes for a guy thats completely learning a new position.
WHEN West Coast took to the track on Monday morning with 24 available players just three weeks out from round one, it was hard to remember a club having a more cursed pre-season.
Spread thin across the ground and missing at least nine members of their best 22, it hit home just how significant the challenge is that now awaits the Eagles at the end of a luckless summer.