McCreery, a forward with Collingwood, was given a one-match ban for a dangerous tackle.
The MRO has given Collingwood forward Beau McCreery a one-match penalty for his risky tackle during Friday night’s loss to Brisbane.
McCreery will miss the Magpies’ final home and away game of the season against Essendon due to his grade of careless conduct with medium impact and high contact. However, he will be free to play in Collingwood’s qualifying final.
In the third quarter, McCreery claimed young Lion Darcy Wilmot and appeared to slam him into the Marvel Stadium turf with a free kick being awarded straight away from the non-controlling umpire.
Wilmot played out the remainder of the game but the precedence and actions of the Match Review Officer this year always mean the Collingwood youngster was likely to be banned.
“I think the only real question for the AFL is whether they suspend him for a week or two and two weeks would be him missing a qualifying final,” Herald Sun reporter Jon Ralph said on Fox Footy on Friday night.
“In this tackle with Darcy Wilmot, he has him in a vulnerable position, he pins one arm and he dumps him in a tackle that sees Darcy hit his head on the ground.
“Medium impact and careless impact would be a week.”