Overview
- Gold Coast defender John Noble was cleared on appeal, making him available for Saturday's game against Hawthorn in Launceston.
- The tribunal ruled Noble's high contact on Essendon's Tom Edwards arose from circumstances he could not reasonably foresee.
- In a separate case, GWS back Joe Fonti failed to overturn his one-game ban and will miss the Giants' meeting with North Melbourne in Canberra.
- Match review officer Michael Christian had graded both incidents as careless conduct with high contact and medium impact, which typically draws a one-match suspension.
- GWS sought to downgrade Fonti's impact to low or have contact judged to the body after he said he tried to smother then braced for contact, but the panel upheld the charge after more than 40 minutes of deliberation.