You can see why the AFL pinged that on Hogan as the head was hit - but given how it happened and how the St Kilda player responded, then no. Not for a genuine contest at the ball.
Plus the wording of “rough conduct” is inappropriate. He wasn’t playing rough. If they want to call these (and hey call them all if that’s the case), then you ned to make it something like “inappropriate head contact”.
I thought it was a 50-50 ball between players of similar size where contact was inevitable. One player leant in and braced for contact the other, in the last second, dipped his head and leant in. I don’t believe Hogan initiated the high contact.
He slung a player head first into the turf, of course he should be suspended for that, he badly injured a player. Concussion is not a thing to take lightly.
A sling tackle is not a football action, tackling someone doesn’t involve picking them up and burying them head first in the turf (these days, not the 1970’s).
I had no issue with the setterfield tackle. The GC player was going down anyway, setterfield was just tackling the guy. But it happened to a scum play so in the end who cares
Reckon Ambrose is a bit lucky to get off here. Maybe the AFL didn’t fine him because then they may have had to explain why Redman’s tackle was dangerous but that long streak of pelican ■■■■’s wasn’t?