{"id":573568,"date":"2026-03-30T05:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573568\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:46:10","slug":"tristan-xerri-wiping-blood-on-andrew-mcgraths-face-tribunal-hearing-live-updates-suspension-david-zita-blog-video-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573568\/","title":{"rendered":"Tristan Xerri wiping blood on Andrew McGrath\u2019s face Tribunal hearing live updates, suspension, David Zita blog, video, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Melbourne ruckman Tristan Xerri is learning his fate at the AFL Tribunal tonight after being accused of wiping blood on the face of Essendon\u2019s Andrew McGrath. Live from 5pm AEDT!<\/p>\n

The bizarre incident saw Xerri referred directly to the Tribunal on the grounds of serious misconduct, and he is facing a multi-week suspension.<\/p>\n

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Follow David Zita\u2019s live updates from Tristan Xerri\u2019s Tribunal hearing below!<\/p>\n

The Herald Sun\u2019s Jon Ralph reported<\/a> the AFL was expected to ask for a three-week suspension, though his fate will depend on how the Kangaroos argue their case.<\/p>\n

Should they throw themselves at the mercy of the Tribunal Xerri is likely to earn a more lenient penalty than if he tries to argue the ban down.<\/p>\n

Xerri called McGrath on Sunday and said it was a \u201csilly mistake in the heat of the moment\u201d and he was \u201cgenuinely sorry\u201d, according to the Herald Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are very few recent comparisons for this incident. Nathan Buckley was banned for a week in 2002 after wiping blood onto Cameron Ling\u2019s jumper to try and get him off the ground on the blood rule, while Jeremy Howe was reprimanded for wiping blood from his knee onto Tom Jonas\u2019 shorts in 2012.<\/p>\n

The Kangaroos\u2019 upcoming games are against Carlton (Marvel Stadium), Brisbane (Lyndoch in Gather Round), Richmond (Marvel Stadium) and GWS (Manuka Oval).<\/p>\n

Given the Tigers game will be one of the most winnable on the Roos\u2019 fixture, Xerri will be desperate to avoid a ban of three weeks or longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Melbourne ruckman Tristan Xerri is learning his fate at the AFL Tribunal tonight after being accused of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-573568","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\/573568","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=573568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}