St Kilda’s Jimmy Webster could be looking at a lengthy suspension after committing a late hit on Jy Simpkin in the St Kilda v North Melbourne practice match on Sunday afternoon.
The half back flanker decided to leave the ground and bump Simpkin high after the Kangaroos midfielder had kicked the ball - which left the 25-year-old flattened on the boundary line.
Watch in the incident below:
Jy Simpkin has left the field following this bump from Jimmy Webster.#AFLSaintsNorth pic.twitter.com/UGDuSh7emB
— AFL (@AFL) March 3, 2024
For mine this is one of the issues of hedging SPP’s action at 4 weeks. Webster action was at least twice as bad in my view. Does that mean it’s an 8 week penalty?
— Nathan Buckley (@ncb_cfc) March 3, 2024
Ten weeks. Simple as that.
— David King (@davidking34) March 3, 2024
I just hope Jy Simpkin is ok.
Just so unnecessary. I hope we aren’t still having this conversation anymore in ‘24
Long service leave coming up for Jimmy Webster you feel. Nasty.
— Sam Edmund (@Sammy__Edmund) March 3, 2024
There is dumb.
— Paul Sebastiani (@paoloseb05) March 3, 2024
There is dumber.
Then there is what Jimmy Webster just did.
Tribunal. High. Intentional. Rough. 5-7 weeks.
Webster will almost certainly miss his sides round one clash against Geelong on March 16.