Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes has accused Hawthorn’s Chad Wingard of behaving “like a pork chop” after his spat with teammate Jacob Koschitzke.
Wingard and Koschitzke were seen exchanging words at three-quarter time with the Hawks trailing by 12 points against Adelaide at Marvel Stadium on Saturday night.
“I don’t mind players having a robust discussion and questioning each other on the field about what’s going on,” Cornes told AFL Media’s The Round So Far.
“This went on for far too long for me for Wingard – he carried on like a pork chop tonight.
“He walks away from the group. He clearly didn’t hear what he wanted to hear. It went on for probably two minutes too long than it should have.
“I’ve got no issue with a senior player questioning someone or vice versa. But this sort of stuff like throwing the head back, the frustration, not being involved in the group, it’s so deflating for the rest of the team.
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“For probably the most talented player on their list, I don’t think that was good enough from Chad tonight.
“He played well – and he often does, he’s really competitive. But some of that stuff and some of his body language has let him down and it was probably one of the reasons that Port Adelaide weren’t that disappointed to let him go.”
Wingard, 27, finished with 24 disposals, eight clearances and six inside 50s in Hawthorn’s 19-point loss to the Crows.
The midfielder-forward joined the Hawks on a five-year deal from the Power at the end of 2018.
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