Match Review Officer Michael Christian has handed down his findings for Round 9.
Collingwood’s Travis Varcoe (forceful front-on contact), Brisbane’s Rhys Mathieson (striking) and Richmond’s Ivan Soldo (striking) have all been offered one-match suspensions by the MRO.
Varcoe’s front-on bump on St Kilda’s Ed Phillips was assessed as careless conduct with medium impact and high contact.
The Magpies veteran now won’t be able to don the club’s Indigenous jumper in their clash with Sydney at the SCG on Friday night in Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
Mathieson’s hit on Adelaide’s Jordan Gallucci was graded as intentional conduct with low impact and high contact.
Travis Varcoe can accept a one-game ban for forceful front-on contact against Ed Phillips.
— AFL (@AFL) May 20, 2019
Three other players have also been suspended by the Match Review Officer following round nine.
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Soldo’s strike on Hawthorn’s James Worpel was deemed as intentional conduct with low impact and high contact.
Carlton veteran Dale Thomas has been referred straight to the Tribunal for abusing an umpire in Sunday’s thrashing to GWS.
Giants ruckman Shane Mumford won’t have a case to answer after his collision left Blues midfielder Marc Murphy hospitalised with a rib injury.
The match day report on Port Adelaide star Tom Rockliff for contact with Gold Coast’s Anthony Miles was thrown out.