{"id":724608,"date":"2026-06-09T06:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/724608\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T06:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:43:09","slug":"match-review-pies-defender-learns-his-fate-for-mihocek-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/724608\/","title":{"rendered":"MATCH REVIEW: Pies defender learns his fate for Mihocek tackle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                The Match Review findings from the King&#8217;s Birthday clash between Collingwood and Melbourne are in\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Brody Mihocek is tackled by Billy Frampton during the match between Collingwood and Melbourne in R13, 2026. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>COLLINGWOOD defender Billy Frampton has been hit with a three-game ban for his tackle on Brody Mihocek in the Magpies&#8217; King&#8217;s Birthday loss to Melbourne, while teammate Ed Allan and Dees dynamo Kozzy Pickett have both been hit with fines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/news\/1537758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mihocek is up and walking after undergoing surgery<\/a> on a neck fracture following the Frampton tackle in the second quarter at the MCG.<\/p>\n<p>The Demons forward slipped before being wrapped up by his 2023 premiership teammate, with the 33-year-old&#8217;s head and neck left vulnerable in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Play was stopped for 10 minutes as medicos delicately dealt with the veteran forward, before he was stretchered off the MCG to a wave of applause from both sets of supporter groups.<\/p>\n<p>The Match Review Officer charged Frampton with rough conduct, grading the incident as careless, severe impact and high contact, leading to the three-game ban. The Magpies are yet to announce whether or not they will appeal the ban.<\/p>\n<p>                    Billy Frampton calls for help for Brody Mihocek during the round 13 match between Collingwood and Melbourne at the MCG, June 8, 2026. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Allan has been hit with a $1000 fine (with an early plea) for careless umpire contact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/news\/1537914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">putting Collingwood at risk of $50,000 fine amid a League crackdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The AFL cracked down on umpire contact last month after a spike in incidents, writing to clubs after round 10 reminding them that if their players transgress five or more times in the same season, they can be hit with a fine up to $50,000 under AFL rules.<\/p>\n<p>Allan&#8217;s indiscretion makes it four for the Magpies this season, putting the club in danger of being fined.<\/p>\n<p>Pickett has been slapped with a $2000 fine (with an early plea) for his trip on Brayden Maynard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Match Review findings from the King&#8217;s Birthday clash between Collingwood and Melbourne are in Brody Mihocek is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-724608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724608","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=724608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}