Harley Reid hit with two week suspension over dangerous tackle

The West Coast Eagles’ young star Harley Reid has learnt his fate following an ugly brain fade during the club’s match on Saturday.

Harley Reid learns tackle fate

Sorry Harley, no Rising Star award for you.

The West Coast Eagles young star has been offered a two-week suspension over a dangerous tackle.

The incident unfolded during the club’s contest against St Kilda at Optus Stadium in the dying stages of the third quarter.

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Reid chased down St Kilda’s Darcy Wilson and wrapped his arms around him just inside the boundary line.

Reid picked up his opponent and slung him over and dumped him on his back with Wilson’s head slamming into the turf.

Despite appearing to be in a bit of pain in the aftermath, Wilson played out the remainder of the match.

Match Review Officer Michael Christian assessed the incident as careless conduct, high impact and high contact, resulting in the two-match sanction.

If the ban is accepted Reid will miss games against North Melbourne and Essendon.

Reid sling tackles Wilson onto the turf.

Reid had enjoyed a stellar first half of the match as he racked up 17 disposals before Saints coach Ross Lyon sent Marcus Windhager his way.

The hard tag from Windhager worked wonders for the Saints as Reid only managed three disposals over the final two quarters.

After leading by 14 points at half time, the Eagles couldn’t keep up as the Saints took control and went on to claim the 12.10 (82) to 10.8 (68) victory.

Reid lost his way in the second half. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Despite most footy fans believing the tackle was going to cost Reid the Rising Star award, Eagles coach Adam Simpson attempted to downplay the moment post-game.

“I’m restricted a little bit,” he said in his press conference.

“I thought there was nothing in it. That’s what I’ll say.”

The Reid incident came the same weekend that Western Bulldogs forward Sam Darcy was ruled out of the race for the award with a two-match suspension for a careless hit on Collingwood’s Brayden Maynard.

Darcy entered round 12 as the second favourite for the award behind Reid.

Originally published as Harley Reid hit with two week suspension over dangerous tackle