{"id":506418,"date":"2026-02-27T00:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506418\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T00:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:21:10","slug":"the-afls-top-10-practice-match-disasters-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506418\/","title":{"rendered":"The AFL’s top 10 practice match disasters – AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The AFL’s pre-season always has plenty of intrigue as excitement builds towards a new season.<\/p>\n

Which players are returning? Who’s lighting up the track? Is there an early favourite for the premiership? Or the Brownlow?<\/p>\n

But on the flip side, injuries and suspensions have plagued summer clashes, which in some cases, have put sides on the back foot before the new campaign begins.<\/p>\n

From career-altering injuries to heavy hits and a slithery snake, we assess some of the biggest practice match disasters over the years.<\/p>\n

10Maynard mania as star Pie rubbed out\u00a0<\/p>\n

Collingwood’s Brayden Maynard<\/a> had a delayed start to 2022 after a pre-season strike on GWS’ Daniel Lloyd<\/a> left him in hot water.<\/p>\n

Maynard missed the Pies’ season opener against St Kilda as well as the meeting with Adelaide, which begun the new era under Craig McRae<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The uncompromising defender was suspended for two matches, with the incident against Lloyd graded as careless, high impact and high contact by the MRO.<\/p>\n

Brayden Maynard is in the book after this incident with Daniel Lloyd.#AAMISeries<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/RlcnyFGO23<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 AFL (@AFL) March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

Collingwood did challenge the suspension but failed to overturn the result.<\/p>\n

The Giant was ruled out for the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n


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