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It\u2019s the footy incident that has rocked the start of the AFL finals, and sparked fierce debate.<\/p>\n

Brayden Maynard has defended his bone-jarring bump on Angus Brayshaw early in the first term of Thursday night\u2019s qualifying final between Collingwood and Melbourne at the MCG. Watch the video of the incident below.<\/p>\n

Maynard launches at Brayshaw in an attempt to smother the Demons star\u2019s kick inside attacking 50. Just as Brayshaw is about to put foot to ball, Maynard is slightly airborne, with his arms raised.<\/p>\n

He is then fully airborne after the kick, turning his body to brace for the hit just as he collides heavily with his opponent and appears to contact Brayshaw\u2019s head.<\/p>\n

Brayshaw crumbles to the turf, and is motionless. Maynard also falls to the turf, but quickly jumps to his feet. Seething Demons players, led by former Dees captain Jack Viney, rushed in to remonstrate, sparking an all-in brawl.<\/p>\n

Brayshaw was stretchered off the ground. The Demons star has concussion and is in a minimum 12-day health protocols, meaning he will miss next weekend\u2019s semi-final against either Carlton or Sydney. He has a history of concussions.<\/p>\n

Maynard, while buoyant after the Magpies\u2019 seven-point win, faces a nervous wait ahead of the judgment given by match review officer Michael Christian on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

If it is graded as careless conduct, severe impact and high contact, Maynard could face an initial ban of three or more matches and be sent straight to the tribunal.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the reaction to the stunning incident, and have your say by voting in our poll below.<\/p>\n

Brayden Maynard<\/h3>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to say too much, but it\u2019s a footy act. I came forward, I jumped to smother the ball and yeah, unfortunately, I just got him on the way down. So, I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll have to wait and see what happens. But it\u2019s all love. I absolutely love that guy to bits. So yeah, it\u2019s shattering what happened.\u201d (Courtesy of Seven)<\/em><\/p>\n

Collingwood coach Craig McRae<\/h3>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve caught it on a phone. [I\u2019ve seen] one view of it, one angle of it \u2026 it looks like he\u2019s in the air. I hope Angus is OK. I\u2019ve met him a couple of times socially, he\u2019s a ripping guy. Hopefully, it\u2019s not too bad for him because he\u2019s had multiple concussions. My thoughts go out to him, I hope he\u2019s OK. The act itself, it didn\u2019t look like it had much malice. But I\u2019ll leave it up to others to decide if that\u2019s worthy of a suspension or not. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin<\/h3>\n

\u201c[The match review will] be sorted out during the week. We\u2019ve got a pretty shattered player in there. You can only go by the facts \u2013 he jumped off the ground and knocked a guy out. I guess time will tell. He\u2019s upset. He\u2019s obviously had a history with concussion, a long time ago. So, he\u2019s obviously dealing with some emotion there. But he wants to play finals footy, and he\u2019s going to be missing for a few weeks, and that\u2019s disappointing. I think he\u2019s OK [bone structurally], he\u2019s got a bit of a shiner, but he\u2019s all right.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jack Viney clashes with Magpie Brayden Maynard as teammate Angus Brayshaw is taken off the field on a stretcher.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>AFL Photos<\/cite><\/p>\n

Port Adelaide premiership player and Age<\/em> columnist Kane Cornes<\/h3>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s the way it will land, and it\u2019s probably the way that it should land because then you can get Brayden up there [at the AFL tribunal], and he can argue his case of what was going through his mind at the time. For me, it\u2019s pretty clear-cut. He\u2019s left the ground before the kick was had, and he\u2019s had to turn. You can\u2019t disappear and unfortunately through the momentum of both players that was the outcome. You\u2019d expect that decision to be handed down of three-plus [matches], straight to the tribunal, and then it\u2019s up to Collingwood to try and get him off.\u201d (Courtesy SEN)<\/p>\n

Richmond great Matthew Richardson<\/h3>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really hard for him to stop \u2026 he can\u2019t, it\u2019s a real tough one. What else can he do? He\u2019s heard the boos and probably realised Brayshaw is hurt, and we\u2019re thinking about him, but it\u2019s hard to know what else he can do there.\u201d (Courtesy of Seven<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield<\/h3>\n

\u201cMaynard plays on the edge, but in my view, there is nothing in this. You have a duty of care to yourself to protect yourself as you come to land. Unfortunately in this game, there\u2019s contact that occurs. He\u2019s in the air for half a second \u2026 I know so much of what we\u2019ve done around the rules have been what the outcome is, but I see this differently because he\u2019s up for so long.\u201d (Courtesy of Seven)<\/em><\/p>\n

Dual North Melbourne premiership star David King<\/h3>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re discussing this, you\u2019ve got to take your own team out of it and I know that\u2019s difficult to do because people are attached to Collingwood, and they\u2019re attached to Maynard, and they want to support him. You\u2019ve got to think of the greater issue. Head trauma is prevalent at the moment, it\u2019s a hot bed right now for the AFL. I\u2019m not convinced that [match review officer] Michael Christian has any other option but to send it to the tribunal. They will fight it and possibly get off, he may not get off, they may have to go to appeal, but I don\u2019t know if \u2018Chrisso\u2019 has many other options.\u201d (Courtesy SEN)<\/em><\/p>\n

Hawthorn premiership great Jason Dunstall<\/h3>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a genuine attempted smother. Once he\u2019s in the air, he can\u2019t disappear, he can\u2019t change position, and it didn\u2019t look like a massive hit per se. But, unfortunately, it looks like it\u2019s going to result in Brayshaw not taking any further part. We hope he\u2019s OK, but can you punish a player for jumping up in the air trying to spoil given what happened at the back-end of it?\u201d (Courtesy of Fox Footy)<\/em><\/p>\n

Geelong great Jimmy Bartel<\/h3>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know [about a suspension]. He actually has committed to smothering the ball. Brayshaw coming out of the front of the stoppage, he is running, he is heading straight towards Melbourne\u2019s goal, as he has put his head down to kick the footy, Maynard has come off the back of the square, has gone to jump and smother the ball in the air, but he is already committed. He has turned his body to brace for contact, but he has got Brayshaw in the face. It\u2019s not the old-fashioned, grand final, come off the back of the square and clean a guy up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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