Essendon’s Dylan Shiel to miss two matches for bump on North Melbourne’s Curtis Taylor. Dylan Shiel will miss two matches for rough conduct over the bump that floored North Melbourne’s Curtis Taylor after the Essendon star was unsuccessful in appealing the severity of his suspension at the AFL tribunal. Daniher suffered a minor calf strain while training over the weekend - unrelated to his ongoing groin issues - and will be unable to run for close to two weeks.“Joe felt some soreness in the calf, we had that imaged (scanned) yesterday which will mean he is off running for about 10 to 14 days,” Essendon head of medical services David Rundle said.Daniher has played just 11 games since the start of 2018 and none this year.Meanwhile, McKenna was due for surgery on a fractured hand - suffered against North Melbourne - on Tuesday and will face fitness testing ahead of Friday’s game.“They’ll insert a plate to reduce that fracture,” Rundle said.“This week is a tight turnaround so we’ll see how he responds to the operation before we decide whether he can play or not.” Saint Ben Long will miss three games for his hit on Docker Sean Darcy.Watch Cockburn Cougars V Warwick Senators from last Friday on The West I'd like to think that I'm a fair player, a clean player, and that I've proven that in my nine-year career until the weekend,” he said.Enjoy unlimited access to thewest.com.au and everyday digital editions on any device.But after more than an hour and a half, jurors David Neitz, Shane Wakelin and Stephen Jurica determined there was no exceptional or compelling circumstances in Shiel’s case and his two-match remained.In more bad news for the Bombers, forward Joe Daniher has suffered a setback in his AFL injury rehabilitation, while Conor McKenna will need to clear a fitness test to face the Western Bulldogs this week. The West Australian. Dylan Shiel will miss two matches for rough conduct over the bump that floored North Melbourne’s Curtis Taylor after the Essendon star was unsuccessful in appealing the severity of his suspension at the AFL tribunal.The jury on Tuesday night agreed with the match review officer’s initial grading of the incident as careless conduct, high contact and high impact, and declared “it was fortunate the consequences were not greater”.Taylor played out the match on Saturday night after passing a concussion test and scans later cleared him of structural damage.In an unusual hearing that lasted more than two and a half hours, Essendon’s main argument centred around their belief that the impact grading should be reduced from high to medium or low.Essendon’s legal counsel Adrian Anderson also raised an infamous incident from the 2017 preliminary final, where Shiel was hit high by Richmond’s Trent Cotchin.Cotchin was cleared of wrongdoing, playing in the Tigers’ premiership the following week, and Shiel said that incident had changed the way he contests the ball to focus more on protecting himself.“It changed the way I needed to approach contesting the ball in a 50-50 contest,” Shiel said.“I received a lot of coaching in my remaining time at the Giants from Lenny Hayes and Leon Cameron in how to best approach that contest, and not leaving my head exposed to contact from the opposing player.“I’ve spent a lot of time on improving my technique, in protecting myself from an incident like that not happening again. Saint Ben Long will miss three games for his hit on Docker Sean Darcy. I’ve also had to make an adjustment due to three significant shoulder operations during my career.”In a last-ditch attempt to reduce the ban, Essendon called on Port Adelaide premiership coach Mark Williams to provide a character reference for Shiel.Williams was one of Shiel’s coaches at Greater Western Sydney and his daughter is the player’s long-term partner.But the jury made up of former AFL players Stephen Jurica, Shane Wakelin and David Neitz was ultimately comfortable with the bump’s high impact grading and the two-match ban.The jury made note of the bump’s potential to cause injury, Taylor’s vulnerable position, Shiel arriving at the contest at speed, the significant force involved and the fact Taylor was tested for concussion.Shiel will now miss Essendon’s meetings with the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide before he is available for selection again in round nine.Essendon has failed in its AFL tribunal appeal with Dylan Shiel remaining suspended for two matches for his high bump on North Melbourne's Curtis Taylor.Conor McKenna breaks silence on confusing COVID-19 diagnosisBen Long cops three-match ban for fierce hip-and-shoulder 4,109 Likes, 21 Comments - Dylan Shiel (@dylanshiel) on Instagram: “Thank you 2019... ready for 2020!”