Crows to appeal longest AFLW suspension for clash that left Giant with neck injury
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Ebony Marinoff was suspended for three games a record for the AFLW
Stack has since been released from hospital and is expected to make a full recovery
The AFL tribunal suspended Marinoff for three matches on Tuesday night a ban that would see the two-time premiership player miss a third of the season.
Updated / Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021
14:51
Ebony Marinoff kicks the ball during the AFLW pre-season match between the Adelaide Crows and Brid Stack s GWS Giants
Adelaide Crows have confirmed that they will appeal the three-match suspension received by Ebony Marinoff for the challenge that culminated in former Cork footballer Brid Stack sustaining a neck injury on Sunday.
The AFL Women s club are appealing on the grounds that the sanction imposed is unreasonable and excessive they announced in a statement. The appeal will be heard on Thursday evening.
The incident occurred during Stack s debut for the GWS Giants in a practice match at the weekend ahead of the new AFLW season and left the 11-time All-Ireland football winner with a stable fracture of the C7 vertebrae.