STAR Adelaide midfielder Ebony Marinoff is free to play in round one after having the longest suspension in AFLW history overturned during a marathon tribunal hearing.
Marinoff returned to the AFL Appeals Board on Thursday night to challenge her three-match ban for forceful front-on contact, with the hearing lasting three-and-a-half hours.
The two-time premiership player was initially suspended for a collision which left Greater Western Sydney’s Irish recruit Brid Stack with a fractured neck during a practice match.
If the appeal was unsuccessful, dual All-Australian Marinoff would have missed a third of the nine-game home-and-away season.
But Marinoff’s legal team was able to clear her of the charge after presenting evidence for almost two hours.
Marinoff’s appeal was adjourned last Thursday after the Crows tried to present fresh video evidence to support her challenge.
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