AFL News: Cripps, Kelly banned, Heppell to Suns? Hurn to earn one more year at Eagles
Carlton captain Patrick Cripps will miss the Blues’ crucial final two regular-season games after failing to overturn his rough conduct charge at the tribunal. The Blues were desperate to have their star midfielder available for season-defining matches against Melbourne and Collingwood. But the tribunal upheld Cripps’ two-match ban for bumping Brisbane’s Callum Ah Chee, with his bump leaving the Lion concussed. The match review officer graded the incident as careless, high...