Multiple premiership-winning Bomber Kayne Pettifer will sit out the remainder of the finals series after he was issued a lengthy suspension at Wednesday night’s tribunal.
The tribunal found the former AFL talent guilty and suspended him for five matches.
Pettifer was reported by the Match Review Officer (MRO) for kneeing Mansfield opponent Luke Menhennet in last week’s elimination final win at Mooroopna.
The third-quarter incident — which saw Menhennet leave the field and take no further place in the game — was graded careless conduct, severe impact and high contact and the champion forward was referred directly to the tribunal.
Echuca will enter Saturday’s crucial clash at Euroa’s Memorial Oval without its premiership ruckman Kane Morris.
The star Murray Bomber was reported by the MRO for engaging in rough conduct against Seymour’s Jack Murphy in the qualifying final win.
Morris’s charge was graded careless conduct, medium impact and high contact.
The talented tall accepted an early guilty plea and will miss one match.
Morris’s teammate Sam Willoughby escaped suspension and is free to play this weekend after he was reported for striking Seymour’s Nathan Fowler.
The striking charge was graded intentional, low impact and body contact.
The VFL-listed talent accepted an early guilty plea of a reprimand.
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