Swan free to play
Dane Swan won't miss any football after he was offered a reprimand for tripping against Melbourne on Monday.
Swan, 28, was charged with a Level One tripping offence and will not miss any football should he accept the penalty offered by the MRP.
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Based on the video evidence available and a medical report from the Demons, the incident was assessed as reckless conduct (two points), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point).
As a result, Swan’s trip was classified as a Level One offence, drawing 80 demerit points and a reprimand. He has an existing five-year good record, which reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 60 points towards his future record. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 45 points towards his future record.
Fellow midfielder Dayne Beams is also in the clear to face the Eagles after he was offered a $1950 sanction with an early plea for making reckless contact with field umpire Jordan Bannister during the fourth quarter of Monday’s match.
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A first offence for making reckless contact with an umpire is a $2600 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a $1950 sanction.
In further good news for the Pies, contact between defender Nathan Brown was cleared of any wrongdoing following a clash of heads with Melbourne’s Colin Sylvia during the second quarter
The MRP saw it that Brown’s action “was an attempt to block Sylvia from making position in the forward line and the head contact was an accidental clash that could not be reasonably foreseen”. As a result, no further action will be taken.
The final incident assessed following Monday’s win saw Melbourne’s Luke Tapscott offered a one-match penalty for with a Level Three striking offence against Alex Fasolo in the third term.
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Tapscott’s actions were assessed as intentional conduct (three points), medium impact (two points) and body contact (one point). It totals six activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level Three offence, drawing 225 demerit points and a two-match sanction. He has no existing record, meaning an early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 168.75 points and a one-match sanction.
No Collingwood players have been suspended by the AFL’s MRP in the first 11 rounds of the season.