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'Nothing purposeful': Lions weigh up fighting Berry's one-match ban ... (The Age)

The AFL's match review officer has handed Lions tagger a one-match ban for making facial contact with Clayton Oliver on Friday night.

[Jon Pierik](/by/jon-pierik-hveju)is a sports journalist at The Age. “It’s, obviously, spoken about a lot but we have always had the belief. Berry had been adamant there was “nothing purposeful” in his contact with Oliver’s face in the third term. “He has done a lot for our footy club in a short amount of time. It will be good to have him back next week,” Rich said. The Lions, on Saturday night, were weighing up their next move but appear likely to appeal.

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Match Review: Lions midfielder learns fate for Oliver contact (AFL)

Brisbane's Jarrod Berry was offered a one-match ban for making unreasonable or unnecessary contact to the eye region of Clayton Oliver.

Asked about the incident post-match, Berry told Fox Footy: "Nothing purposeful, just a little scuffle in the centre of the MCG, you know how it is. BRISBANE midfielder Jarrod Berry has been offered a one-game ban for making contact with the eye region of Melbourne star Clayton Oliver on Friday night. On Saturday, the Match Review Officer (MRO) charged Berry with making "unreasonable or unnecessary contact to the eye region" of Oliver.

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Lions' Berry banned for Oliver eye contact (South Coast Register)

Brisbane are set to be without midfielder Jarrod Berry for their AFL preliminary final against Geelong after he...

Berry limited Oliver to seven disposals after halftime and had 22 of his own as the Lions ran over the top of their opponents. Berry proved his value in a tight-checking role against Oliver in the second half on Friday night after Deven Robertson had started on the Melbourne champion. Speaking on Fox Footy post-match, Berry was adamant there was "nothing purposeful" in his contact and said the incident was "just a little scuffle" and "part of the contest".

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How ex-Dee's 'forceful' half-time call helped Lions brutally end ... (Fox Sports)

How ex-Dee's 'forceful' half-time call helped Lions brutally end former club's flag hopes.

I suppose with the way I coach, we always talk about having a growth mindset and that everything that happens to us there’s a reason for it. “I‘ve always had faith in this group that we could find a way. They’re just sometimes the bounce of the ball or a decision here and there or a skill error. “It takes a little bit longer than that and I think it is a process. “We had a really good talk about our mindset in finals and not letting all that peripheral stuff interrupt our processes. Anyway, as it turned out he ended up with the role and did it particularly well,”

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Brisbane Lions epic comeback win could be soured with star player ... (Daily Mail)

Lions midfielder Jarrod Berry could dull the cracking comeback win against the second seed Demon's after an alleged eye-gouge on Clayton Oliver may see the ...

You are pretty defenceless in that situation,' Nick Riewoldt told the Fox Footy panel. [Brisbane](/news/brisbane/index.html) clawed back from a halftime 22-point deficit to steal a preliminary final birth from [Melbourne](/news/melbourne/index.html), ending the season of the reigning premiers, who lost to Sydney in the qualifying final last week. I don’t think you can be a little bit guilty of this.' Jarrod Berry comes from behind to take down Clayton Oliver after he boots the ball downfield, which led to the nasty scuffle Post game Berry said there was 'nothing purposeful' in the contact and believed the biff was a natural part of the contest. Clayton Oliver wrestles with Jarrod Berry of the Lions in the third quarter - Berry allegedly eye-gouged the Melbourne star which could see him on the sideline for next week's preliminary final

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