{"id":560526,"date":"2026-03-24T06:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/560526\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T06:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:04:09","slug":"gold-coast-suns-bailey-humphrey-appeals-two-game-dangerous-tackle-ban-on-maurice-rioli-junior-live-updates-video-david-zita-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/560526\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Coast Suns\u2019 Bailey Humphrey appeals two-game dangerous tackle ban on Maurice Rioli junior, live updates, video, David Zita blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ladder-leading Gold Coast is at the AFL Tribunal tonight trying to free young star Bailey Humphrey from a two-game suspension. Live below from 5pm AEDT!<\/p>\n<p>As it stands Humphrey will miss games against Melbourne on Easter Sunday, and against Sydney in Gather Round.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Follow Bailey Humphrey\u2019s appeal live below!<\/p>\n<p>Maurice Rioli of the Tigers is tackled by Bailey Humphrey of the Suns during the round two AFL match between Richmond Tigers and Gold Coast Suns at Melbourne Cricket Ground, on March 21, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Humphrey copped a rough conduct charge after his sling tackle on Richmond\u2019s Maurice Rioli junior during Saturday\u2019s win at the MCG.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was graded as careless with high contact and high impact resulting in the two-game suspension.<\/p>\n<p>While Rioli\u2019s arms were free the slinging nature of the incident, resulting in Rioli\u2019s head hitting the turf, drew the attention of the Match Review.<\/p>\n<p>Suns coach Damien Hardwick laughed off the incident post-game on Saturday, saying it did not warrant a sanction and \u201cshould have been holding the ball\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ladder-leading Gold Coast is at the AFL Tribunal tonight trying to free young star Bailey Humphrey from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-560526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}