Gold Coast defender Campbell Brown could miss as many as five games through suspension in the wake of Saturday's AFL loss to the Western Bulldogs.
The match review panel charged Brown with striking Callan Ward and for making front-on contact with Barry Hall.
Even if Brown does not take either case to the tribunal, he will be out for four matches.
Under the match penalty guidelines, Brown would miss five games if he accepted the Ward suspension, but took the Hall case to the tribunal and lost.
The match review panel charged Brown with a level-three striking offence against Ward.
His existing bad record meant that penalty stayed at two games, regardless of whether Brown takes it to the tribunal.
Brown's bad record increased his penalty for the contact with Hall from two to three games.
An early plea would reduce that penalty to two matches.
Brown only had 2.5 demerit points, which saved him from a higher penalty for the Ward striking charge.
Also on Monday, the panel fined the Riewoldt cousins for incidents during the weekend's games.
St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt and Essendon opponent Cale Hooker can accept $900 fines for wrestling each other.
Richmond key forward Jack Riewoldt was also fined $900 for his much-publicised obscene gesture during the Saturday night loss to Hawthorn.
Adelaide ruckman Ivan Maric can accept a reprimand for rough conduct against Fremantle's Michael Walters.
- AAP
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