Sunday’s opponent Hawthorn could be without goal kicking star Jarryd Roughead, who was offered a one-game ban for a trip against Melbourne's Dom Tyson.
Roughead was charged with a level one offence for tripping Tyson during the second quarter of the round 20 match at the MCG.
Due to his previous poor record, his penalty of a reprimand is increased to a one-match sanction, even with an early plea.
Based on the video evidence available and a medical report from the Melbourne Football Club, the incident was assessed as reckless conduct (two points), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point).
This was a total of four activation points, resulting in a classification of a level one offence that drew 80 demerit points and a reprimand. He had an existing bad record of 64.06 demerit points carried over from within the last 12 months, which increased the penalty to 144.06 points and a one-match sanction.
An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 108.05 points and a one-match sanction.
Hawthorn has until 9.00am (WST) on Tuesday to decide if they will challenge the MRP’s finding.
There were a number of incidents looked at from the Fremantle-Geelong thriller at Simonds Stadium, but no charges were laid.
Nat Fyfe had no case to answer for contact on Geelong’s Andrew Mackie in the third quarter.
The MRP deemed Mackie was attempting to take possession of the ball after a handpass from teammate George Horlin-Smith and was not able to take the ball cleanly. As the Geelong player was bending down to pick up the loose ball, Fyfe was coming towards him to make a contest. Mackie fumbled the ball as Fyfe was coming in and bent forward to collect the ball and the Fremantle player made high contact, with a free kick paid for the infringement. It was the view of the panel that Fyfe had no realistic alternative way to contest the ball and the high contact was caused by circumstances outside the player’s control.
Contact between Freo’s Nick Suban and Cat Travis Varcoe, as well as contact from Varcoe on Suban, from the third quarter for Saturday’s match was assessed. In each instance, it was the view of the panel the force used was below that required to constitute a reportable offence.
Contact from star Cat Steve Johnson on Freo’s Lachie Neale from the first quarter was looked at but no action was taken. It was the view of the panel the force used was below that required to constitute a reportable offence.
Roughead offered one, Freo clear
All the findings from the AFL MRP, including a number of incidents from Freo’s game that were looked at