Collingwood veteran Steele Sidebottom says “you can’t” ask players to change the way they approach contests despite a potentially finals-ending suspension looming for teammate Brayden Maynard following his collision with Melbourne’s Angus Brayshaw last Thursday.
As the Magpies prepare to defend Maynard at the AFL tribunal on Tuesday night, Sidebottom said there was complete concern at his club for Brayshaw, who has a history of concussion issues that put his career in jeopardy after being knocked out at the MCG.
But Sidebottom said it was “near-on impossible” to avoid some accidents occurring on the field and defended Maynard, who jumped in the air to spoil a kick from Brayshaw and then collided with him on the way down.
“The game happens so fast and there’s times when things happen that you almost can’t control,” Sidebottom said.
“It‘s a 360-degree game,…
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