Pavlich calls out West Coast medical sub "manipulation"

Fremantle great Matthew Pavlich has called out the medical sub and West Coast “manipulating” the rule. Eagles captain Luke Shuey was substituted out of the game with a calf issue, later described by Adam Simpson as “calf awareness”. “He (Shuey) has got calf awareness and we just didn‘t want to take a risk,” Simpson said post-game. “At this stage we don’t know (the severity). It could be nothing and we are holding out hope (of that). “It is definitely minor but because of his history we didn’t want...

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