Richmond’s Tyrone Vickery loses his tooth against Carlton and will come under Match Review Panel scrutinyGlenn McFarlane
Herald-Sun
July 11, 2015RICHMOND forward Ty Vickery faces a nervous wait ahead of a match review panel assessment of his high contact with Carlton’s Michael Jamison in the opening minutes of Friday night’s match.
Vickery appeared to be attempting to block Jamison’s path ahead of his opponent Jack Riewoldt when the pair had a head-clash, with the unsuspecting Blues defender coming off the worse for wear.
Jamison was dazed for a few minutes before eventually being taken from the field. He was ultimately subbed out of the game, which may not help Vickery’s cause.
Triple M’s Garry Lyon believed Vickery had a reason to be concerned, saying: “He (Vickery) instigated contact and got him in the head and that’s why he is in trouble.”
While carryover points have been abolished this year with fines introduced to replace some one-game bans, poor records can still taken into account for players who have been suspended for at least two games over the past two seasons — where their base penalty can be increased by one match.
Vickery was suspended for four matches for striking West Coast’s Dean Cox in July last year and copped a two-match ban for striking North Melbourne’s Michael Firrito in June.
Tyrone Vickery speaks to a club doctor after breaking his tooth against Carlton. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images
The Richmond forward had his own issues later in the first term when he was on the wrong end of an errant and accidental elbow in a ruck duel with Matthew Kreuzer.
He left the field holding his jaw and sporting a broken front tooth, but he managed to return to the contest in the second quarter.
After the game, Vickery said he hoped to have his tooth back in the coming days.
“I look like a bit of a convict I think,” he joked when he spoke to Channel Seven. “I was wearing a mouthguard but it still didn’t help me.
“I heard it crack and I just didn’t want to take it out because I knew what had happened.
“It was in my mouthguard so it’s in the doctor’s pocket. Hopefully it’s being glued back on tomorrow or something.”
Richmond can ill afford to lose Vickery ahead of Sunday’s clash with St Kilda, with other important games against Fremantle and Hawthorn to come in the following weeks.
Last night’s win for the Tigers was the club’s seventh win from its past eight games.
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