{"id":715908,"date":"2026-06-05T01:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715908\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T01:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:36:25","slug":"afl-mro-crows-veteran-geelong-star-in-hot-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715908\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL MRO: Crows veteran, Geelong star in hot water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide key forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/taylor-walker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Walker;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Taylor Walker&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Taylor Walker<\/a> should expect scrutiny from the Match Review Officer (MRO) after shoving Geelong defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/connor-osullivan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Connor O&#039;Sullivan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Connor O&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Connor O&#8217;Sullivan<\/a> into a marking contest during Thursday night&#8217;s clash.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:AFL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AFL&quot;}\" class=\"link \">AFL<\/a> and MRO have begun cracking down on this action following a series of incidents in 2025 that sparked a change in adjudication.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In the third term, Walker bumped O&#8217;Sullivan into a contest, but made no play on the ball himself, which will likely prompt MRO intervention.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taylor Walker gave away a free kick in this incident \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/AFLCrowsCats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#AFLCrowsCats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GSMewIm4hl\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/GSMewIm4hl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 7AFL (@7AFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/7AFL\/status\/2062491457882132788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The outcome of the action put <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/jordan-dawson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jordan Dawson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jordan Dawson&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jordan Dawson<\/a> in a vulnerable position as the young Cat tunnelled Adelaide&#8217;s captain.<\/p>\n<p>Working in Walker&#8217;s favour is that both players came away unscathed from the incident, but the action was dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>The umpire awarded O&#8217;Sullivan a free kick as Dawson clutched at his hip.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Geelong star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/tom-stewart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tom Stewart;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tom Stewart&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tom Stewart<\/a> may have a question to answer following his bump on Adelaide forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/callum-ah-chee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Callum Ah Chee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Callum Ah Chee&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Callum Ah Chee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the stroke of half-time, Stewart opted to bump Ah Chee after he knocked on the ball, instead of bracing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I thought I got him up the middle. I hope I didn&#39;t get him high. My intent was never to get him high.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Tom Stewart on his bump on Cal Ah Chee | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/AFLCrowsCats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#AFLCrowsCats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ghM28PwQrY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ghM28PwQrY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 7AFL (@7AFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/7AFL\/status\/2062486193091022914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Crows recruit wasn&#8217;t directly hit in the head, but the MRO will definitely assess the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Ah Chee continued playing the game before a hamstring injury ruled him out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought I got him up the middle. I hope I didn&#8217;t get him high. My intent was never to get him high,&#8221; Stewart said on Channel Seven.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adelaide key forward Taylor Walker should expect scrutiny from the Match Review Officer (MRO) after shoving Geelong defender&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,117986,13658,3514,347371,85,16702,12113],"class_list":["post-715908","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-callum-ah-chee","tag-geelong","tag-jordan-dawson","tag-o39sullivan","tag-sports","tag-taylor-walker","tag-tom-stewart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715908","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=715908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}