Geelong will be without Jimmy Bartel for Friday night's clash with Collingwood, after the Brownlow medallist accepted a two-match ban for striking Gold Coast's Trent McKenzie.
The AFL Tribunal will sit on Tuesday night after the Giants' Jeremy Cameron, and West Coast's Luke Shuey and Quinten Lynch opted to challenge charges laid by the Match Review Panel.
However Bartel was one of five players to accept bans sanctioned by the panel.
Bartel struck McKenzie in the second quarter of the Cats' unconvincing win over the Suns at Carrara on Sunday.
Cameron has been charged with a level two striking offence after trailing a fist which hit Hawthorn's Clinton Young in the third quarter of the Giants' 162-point thumping by the Hawks.
If Cameron fails in his challenge he will be suspended for one match, and will be ruled ineligible for the Rising Star award, for which he is nominated.
West Coast had two players charged in their come-from-behind win against North Melbourne.
Shuey has been charged with a level three striking offence against the Kangaroos' Lindsay Thomas. His poor record and carry-over points increase the penalty to a three-match ban, prompting the Eagles to challenge the decision.
West Coast forward Lynch was charged with tripping against the Kangaroos' Shaun Atley. His record of one match suspended in the last three years means the charge carries a one-match penalty, which would rule him out of this weekend's match-of-the-round against Sydney at Subiaco.
Aside from Bartel and Collingwood's Sharrod Wellingham, who had accepted a three-match ban for his heavy bump which resulted Carlton's Kade Simpson sustaining a fractured jaw, three other players will miss matches after accepting the panel's rulings.
Richmond's Matt White will be out for three matches after accepting a charge of a front-on bump on Melbourne's James Frawley. He also accepted a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record for striking the Demons' Luke Tapscott.
Essendon will be without tagger Heath Hocking for this week's match against Port Adelaide at Football Park, after he accepted a two-match ban for rough conduct against St Kilda's Lenny Hayes.
Melbourne's Lynden Dunn has taken a one-match ban for striking the Tigers' Luke McGuane.
Collingwood's Jackson Paine has accepted a reprimand for tripping Carlton's Mitch Robinson, while Melbourne's Frawley has accepted a reprimand for striking Richmond small forward Robin Nahas.
Tags: sport, australian-football-league, australia, vic, melbourne-3000 First posted July 10, 2012 12:48:46
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