{"id":620862,"date":"2026-04-21T06:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620862\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T06:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:54:11","slug":"tribunal-live-blog-and-updates-john-noble-rough-conduct-appeal-joe-fonti-rough-conduct-appeal-video-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620862\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal live blog and updates, John Noble rough conduct appeal, Joe Fonti rough conduct appeal, video, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AFL Tribunal will determine two high contact cases this evening with Gold Coast\u2019s John Noble and GWS\u2019 Joe Fonti both fighting one-game bans.<\/p>\n<p>Follow live updates from 4pm (Fonti first, then Noble) in our live blog below!<\/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\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fonti is challenging a one-match suspension for rough conduct after a late, high bump on Sydney\u2019s Isaac Heeney.<\/p>\n<p>It was graded as careless with medium impact and high contact but the Giants argued it was low impact with body contact.<\/p>\n<p>Fonti said he was going to smother but realised it was unrealistic and then braced for contact with Heeney, which he believes was shoulder to shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was trying to play for a free kick there (throwing his head back after impact), and I actually didn\u2019t make contact with his head,\u201d Fonti said.<\/p>\n<p>However Fonti was questioned on why he felt the incident wasn\u2019t avoidable especially given he jumped off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants argued the Tribunal could not be satisfied on the balance of probabilities that there was high contact and that no angle clearly shows Fonti\u2019s shoulder making high contact.<\/p>\n<p>John Noble and Joe Fonti face the AFL Tribunal.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>The Noble incident was graded the same way after he collected Essendon\u2019s Tom Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>That knock sparked the controversial decision for the AFL Review Centre to withdraw Edwards from the game for a concussion test, despite Essendon\u2019s doctor having already ticked off his condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AFL Tribunal will determine two high contact cases this evening with Gold Coast\u2019s John Noble and GWS\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-620862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620862","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=620862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}