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HAWTHORN star Lance Franklin will miss the next two matches after failing to beat a charge of rough conduct at the AFL tribunal on Tuesday night.
The Hawks have not yet said if they will appeal the verdict.
Franklin will now be absent for Hawthorn's virtual elimination final against Essendon on Saturday afternoon and either the first week of the finals, if the Hawks make the eight, or round one next season.
Last year's Coleman Medallist was charged by the match review panel for his third-quarter hit on Richmond midfielder Ben Cousins at the MCG on Saturday – which knocked out the former Eagle – and was given a two week penalty, reduced to one week with an early plea, an offer the Hawks rejected.
Cousins didn't return to the field after the bump, which was graded as negligent conduct, medium impact and high contact, which totals 225 demerit points and a two-match ban.
Despite a probable slight concussion, Cousins is expected to be right for this weekend's trip back to Perth play West Coast, the club he captained and won a flag and a Brownlow with.
Franklin was attempting to join a fair sized group of players who have successfully challenged rough conduct charges this season, but instead joins Saint Zac Dawson, who had a one-game penalty doubled last month after failing to make a case. Fellow Hawks Campbell Brown and Simon Taylor both had suspensions overturned, as did Collingwood's Nick Maxwell (on appeal) and Essendon's Paddy Ryder.
HAWTHORN star Lance Franklin will miss the next two matches after failing to beat a charge of rough conduct at the AFL tribunal on Tuesday night.
The Hawks have not yet said if they will appeal the verdict.
Franklin will now be absent for Hawthorn's virtual elimination final against Essendon on Saturday afternoon and either the first week of the finals, if the Hawks make the eight, or round one next season.
Last year's Coleman Medallist was charged by the match review panel for his third-quarter hit on Richmond midfielder Ben Cousins at the MCG on Saturday – which knocked out the former Eagle – and was given a two week penalty, reduced to one week with an early plea, an offer the Hawks rejected.
Cousins didn't return to the field after the bump, which was graded as negligent conduct, medium impact and high contact, which totals 225 demerit points and a two-match ban.
Despite a probable slight concussion, Cousins is expected to be right for this weekend's trip back to Perth play West Coast, the club he captained and won a flag and a Brownlow with.
Franklin was attempting to join a fair sized group of players who have successfully challenged rough conduct charges this season, but instead joins Saint Zac Dawson, who had a one-game penalty doubled last month after failing to make a case. Fellow Hawks Campbell Brown and Simon Taylor both had suspensions overturned, as did Collingwood's Nick Maxwell (on appeal) and Essendon's Paddy Ryder.
