Gold Coast gun Bailey Humphrey has failed to overturn his two-match suspension for his dangerous tackle on Richmond's Maurice Rioli.
The Match Review Officer (MRO) graded the incident as careless conduct, high contact and high impact, constituting a two-week layoff.
The Tribunal found on Tuesday that the incident was a dangerous tackle, and despite Rioli's arms were not pinned, the force produced by Humphrey during the tackle was of a high impact given the potential to cause a concussion as well as how the Tiger hit the ground.
The Suns initially argued that the tackle was not a dangerous tackle, attempting to dismiss the entire charge, before suggesting that if it is deemed a dangerous tackle, that the impact should be low, rather than high.
Humphrey gave evidence, saying he tried to pin one of Rioli's arms but was unable too due to his motion and force, and entered into his submissions that he let go of the Tiger forward as they hit the ground.
The AFL contested that the Suns utility should not have used as much force to implement the tackle, despite if Rioli's arms were free to brace for impact.
Humphrey will miss clashes against Melbourne (Round 4) and Sydney (Round 5).
The Suns have a bye in Round 3.
