Michael Voss calls on Demons to appeal Jack Viney ban, labels it ‘over the top’

MICHAEL Voss has implored Melbourne to appeal Jack Viney’s two-week suspension, labelling the ruling “tragic” for the game.

BRISBANE Lions legend Michael Voss last night implored Melbourne to appeal Jack Viney’s two-week suspension, labelling the ruling “tragic” for the game.

Voss said contact was unavoidable and he would not have done anything different to Viney during his 289-game career.

Asked what he would tell Viney if he was his coach, the triple-premiership great said: “Ross Lyon said the bump is dead, so maybe it is.

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“He has not left the ground, he’s gone low and he got the ball, so the technique is actually correct.”

Voss, looking at the incident for the first time, said players would be left confused by the decision.

“Suspension is there if someone goes literally outside the rules to do something wrong. That wasn’t that,” he said.

Adelaide’s Tom Lynch is set to miss six weeks after suffering a broken jaw from the collision, when he bounced off Viney and into Demons defender Alex Georgiou.

Voss jokingly said: “Does that mean he gets four weeks? Georgiou was concussed too.

“Unless there’s a rule that says you can’t bump, what are the players supposed to do in that situation?”

The Brownlow Medallist, who is coaching The Recruit – a reality show which will air on Fox8 later this year and land a talent on an AFL list – said the ruling meant any contact was now at the mercy of the match review panel.

Jack Viney arrives at the tribunal before he was found guilty and suspended for two weeks.

“He wasn’t looking for malice, he held his ground and turned his shoulder. That (suspension) to me is over the top.

“What it says is any contact can be reportable. It basically means if you make contact and it’s deemed to be in any place you can be reported for it.

“To me that’s a good contest and it’s play on.”

Viney is set to miss matches against the Western Bulldogs and Richmond, while close mate and emerging Port Adelaide star Ollie Wines tweeted Viney would not have been thrown off the Echuca primary school team over for that bump.

“I hope they challenge it and I hope they get off,” Voss said.

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Originally published as Michael Voss calls on Demons to appeal Jack Viney ban, labels it ‘over the top’