Overview
- The Match Review Officer graded Pendlebury’s bump on Adelaide’s Josh Worrell as careless conduct with high contact and medium impact.
- The one-game penalty is the first of his 427-game career and could delay his bid to surpass Brent Harvey’s 432-game record, with reporting indicating May 9 against Geelong if it stands.
- If the suspension is upheld, Pendlebury will miss Collingwood’s scheduled clash with Greater Western Sydney following a round-two bye.
- Pendlebury said he would let the process play out after learning of the sanction while serving as a Channel 7 commentator.
- Other Round 1 outcomes included fines for Brisbane’s Charlie Cameron, Collingwood’s Steele Sidebottom, Sydney’s Sam Wicks, GWS’s Harvey Thomas, Adelaide’s James Peatling and Fremantle’s Neil Erasmus.