Kane Cornes “can’t understand” the anger directed at Adelaide AFLW player Ebony Marinoff after she was cleared by the AFL Appeals Board following a collision with GWS’ Irish player Bríd Stack.
After originally being handed a three-ban ban for the sickening incident, Marinoff was later cleared, angering Stack who vented her frustration at Marinoff in a column in the Irish Examiner.
“I can understand the emotion and it must have been a harrowing experience for her,” Cornes said on SEN SA Breakfast.
“A broken neck, foreign country and not used to dealing with injuries like this, but I can’t understand why she’s directed her anger to Ebony Marinoff and Adelaide.
“I thought the Adelaide Football Club were pretty respectful of it, they didn’t come out publicly and slam the decision which they probably had every right to.
“The right decision was made; I understand Brid Stack sill has a broken neck. It wouldn’t have made any difference whether Ebony Marinoff played or whether she missed three weeks.”
Future weeks of the AFLW season are shrouded in uncertainty due the sudden five-day Western Australia lockdown, with GWS heading back to Sydney after playing in Perth against Fremantle on Sunday.