MPFNL: Frankston YCW ruckman outed after stunning altercation

A Collingwood ruck prospect has been suspended by the MPFNL tribunal after a dramatic altercation while playing with Frankston YCW. See the incident.

Collingwood’s Senegalese ruck prospect Bassirou Faye has been suspended by the Mornington Peninsula Football Netball League tribunal after a dramatic altercation while playing with Frankston YCW.

The Collingwood international rookie scholarship holder was suspended for a total of three matches for striking by the tribunal on Wednesday night.

Faye will effectively go four weeks without playing, with Frankston YCW not playing on the King’s Birthday weekend.

The 21-year-old ruckman started the season playing with Sorrento but switched clubs last month, joining reigning premiers Frankston YCW.

Making his senior debut for the Stonecats on Saturday, Faye lashed out at several Mt Eliza players in the opening minutes of the game and was red carded.

Bassirou Faye in action for Frankston YCW. Picture: Facebook

At the tribunal he was handed a two-game suspension for striking Mt Eliza co-captain Nathan Scagliarini. He also was outed for one match for striking Lachlan Williams after accepting an early guilty plea.

Frankston YCW pleaded guilty and successfully got the charge downgraded to intentional conduct, medium impact and high contact.

Faye’s suspension adds to Frankston YCW’s ruck dilemma. Zach Barrett broke his foot in Round 1 and his replacement Zac Tobin lasted half a quarter before rupturing his ACL.

Frankston YCW coach Paul Goonan said Faye was “very apologetic” after Saturday’s incident and keen to return to the field next month.

“He’s going to train harder and probably do a lot more learning about the game and the non football part of footy that we need to teach him,” Goonan said.

“He’s really keen to get into it, get on with it.”

Collingwood international rookie Bassirou Faye, optometrist John Carbury and Magpie Mason Cox pictured at Collingwood with their prescription glasses.

Goonan said YCW would wrap their arms around Faye and continue to encourage and teach him.

“I know there’s a lot of talk from players and people from other clubs saying, ‘get rid of him, you’ve got to get that bloke out of your club’. And that’s completely naive to the whole thing.

“He’s here on an international sports scholarship that Collingwood are basically supporting.

“He’s a great person.

“He’s a 21 year old, highly educated young man but he comes from a completely different background. So you’ve just got to understand it and learn it. That’s what the AFL see in him, and we’re really excited to help him.

“I was talking to him last Sunday and I said, ‘how did you enjoy it?’ He said ‘I absolutely love it, I loved the preparation that goes into playing a game of football’. The planning, the warm ups, he said it’s so professional. He said he’s completely fallen in love with it.”

Meanwhile, Dromana defender Luke Oborn was suspended for one match at Wednesday night’s tribunal.

Hastings player Tom Baker was suspended for three matches for bumping Somerville’s Brent Dyall.