Sydney Swans veteran Dane Rampe is free to play within the grand closing, after he was penalised for top contact on Zak Butters.
The 2 males got here along with eight minutes left within the first quarter between the Swans and Port Adelaide.
Butters handballed forward earlier than Rampe hit the Port star excessive.
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The umpire then paid a downfield free kick earlier than Ryan Burton kicked a aim for Port Adelaide seconds later.
“That was a excessive hit … honest sufficient,” Matthew Richardson mentioned on 7.
The match evaluate officer graded the incident as careless conduct with Rampe set to be fined $2,500 if he accepts an early plea.
Whereas he was flattened by Rampe, Butters rose to his ft and joked along with his Swans rival after the hit.
“I feel that exhibits how powerful Butters is as a result of he received up, laughed at it as if it was nothing,” Luke Hodge mentioned.
Hodge’s feedback come after Port nice Kane Cornes referred to as for Butters to “push by way of” a rib harm he was subbed off for within the qualifying closing loss in opposition to Geelong.
Sydney went on to win the match 14.11 (95) – 8.11 (59) within the preliminary closing to place themselves within the grand closing.