Sydney Swans veteran Dane Rampe is free to play within the grand ultimate, after he was penalised for prime 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.
Dane Rampe and Zak Butters after the hit. Getty
“That was a excessive hit … truthful 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 reveals how powerful Butters is as a result of he bought up, laughed at it as if it was nothing,” Luke Hodge mentioned.
Dane Rampe’s hit on Zak Butters. Fox Footy
Hodge’s feedback come after Port nice Kane Cornes known as for Butters to “push via” a rib harm he was subbed off for within the qualifying ultimate loss in opposition to Geelong.
Sydney went on to win the match 14.11 (95) – 8.11 (59) within the preliminary ultimate to place themselves within the grand ultimate.
