A local footballer in South Australia can never play footy at any level ever again after throwing a coward punch at an opponent behind play.

Ingle Farm premiership player Brandon Rigney has copped a 14-match ban from the Adelaide Footy League for an off-the-ball hit that flattened and concussed a Fitzroy player in Round 8 of the division six competition, which dates back to June 14.

The sickening hit, which happened in the last quarter of the match and got caught on camera, was graded as intentional conduct, high contact and severe impact.

Rigney then bizarrely feigned his own injury, laying face-first on the ground next to his opponent, as confused spectators watched on while players from both sides approached the two players.

The monster suspension takes Rigney’s total career games

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