Subiaco Lions coach Jarrad Schofield has successfully overturned a two-game suspension for umpire abuse in a Round 18 WAFL match against West Coast on Saturday, August 8.
Schofield was set to miss the remainder of the season if the ban was upheld, but now he is free to coach the Lions in the final fortnight of the year.
The three-hour Thursday hearing overturned the decision.
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The statement from the WAFL reads:
"WA Football advises that Subiaco coach Jarrad Schofield has been found guilty of 'behaving in an abusive, insulting, threatening or obscene manner towards or in relation to an umpire'.
"Schofield received a two-match suspension from the WAFL Tribunal on Tuesday evening."
The Lions face Claremont and East Perth to round out the year, but are in the race for the finals, sitting in seventh, one win below Perth in third.
Schofield - who was the caretaker coach of the Eagles AFL side once Adam Simpson departed in 2024 - joined the Lions ahead of the 2026 season after four years with West Coast in the AFL.
