Heavy ban stuns fans as Power favourite to miss coach, champion’s farewell game

The 23-game midfielder wheeled around to the top of the defensive 50m arc and sent a kick down the middle of the ground.

Wines arrived late and opted to bump, with the incident barely noted by the commentators at the time.

Watch the contentious incident in the video player above

“Dangerous (Boak) handball, a little too aggressive, Lord cut it off and he was bumped on the kick,” Dwayne Russell said on Fox Footy as the play unfolded.

That was the first and only mention of the clash and Lord played out the first half, laying a tackle late in the second quarter.

The 20-year-old, who is in his second season with the Blues, was then in the centre square for the opening bounce to start the third term, suggesting he got through the main break and was deemed fit to continue.

He was ultimately subbed out late in the third quarter, however, replaced by Corey Durdin as the youngster was diagnosed with a delayed concussion.

Lord also wasn’t seen when the team sung the song in the rooms after the victory.

Former Hawthorn defender Campbell Brown the discussed the incident on Channel 7 on Sunday.

“That’s the bump, that’s the contact,” he said. “Now you could argue that it’s back/shoulder, it didn’t look or appear to be getting him in the head.

“But delayed onset of concussion was the result and (Wines has) been offered three weeks by the MRO.”

The finding means Wines’ season is over unless he manages to beat the charge at the AFL Tribunal.

The 273-game Brownlow medallist would also be absent from Hinkley’s 282nd and final match as coach of the Power, against the Suns at Adelaide Oval on Friday night.

“Ollie Wines, not such good news for him, he’s been offered a three-match ban,” David Zita said on Fox Footy on Sunday evening.

“So if Ollie Wines accepts that ban, he misses Ken Hinkley’s farewell game next week as well as the first two rounds of next season.”

The announcement of the decision from the MRO quickly erupted on social media and it’s fair to say a huge percentage of footy fans were less than happy.

Among a huge number of comments along the lines of “that is a joke”, many fans seemed to question whether they were watching the right vision to warrant a three-match suspension.

X account Biscotti Hodges wrote: “Is this the incident or have they uploaded the wrong footage?”

BigNoob210 tweeted: “Nice bump, can you show us the footage of what he’s actually getting suspended for?”

Frank Rodringo offered: “I still can’t see where this happened, watched it 4 times.”

Bowen Smith asked: “Is this the correct footage?”

Steven Taddei declared: “This surely can’t be the incident?”

An X account called Cliffy also wrote: “Um, where is the incident?”

With Wines set to be sidelined for Port’s final game of the season, plus the first two matches of 2026, many fans were calling for Port Adelaide to appeal the decision.

A number of others seemed shock by the ban.

A Port fan going by the handle Bigdog 2477 tweeted: “Obviously I’m bias but is this not the most embarrassing 3 week suspension ever?”

Christian Wise wrote: “Wowie 3 weeks for that.”

Xav said: “Hahahaha this has to be a piss take.”

Deb Sharman asked: “3 matches for what?? A bump on the side?”

There were a rare few supporting the decision.

“Chose to bump and concussed him. Makes sense,” was one tweet.

“Lord ended up with a concussion and Wines chose to bump. No brainer really,” suggested another.

But the vast majority appeared stunned by the ruling, with all eyes now on Port Adelaide’s next move.