Melbourne’s Jacob Van Rooyen has been handed a two-match ban from the MRO for striking Gold Coast’s Charlie Ballard.
Van Rooyen’s strike, that appeared to be a spoil gone wrong, occurred occurred during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s win at Heritage Bank Stadium and graded as careless, high contact and high impact.
The ban will see the medium forward miss Melbourne’s Round 9 and 10 games against Hawthorn and Port Adelaide respectively, if he accepts the suspension.
Geelong’s Brad Close and Hawthorn’s Tyler Brockman also received one-match bans for rough conduct.
Close’s was cited for an incident with Adelaide’s Jordan Dawson in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s win at GMHBA Stadium, while Brockman was cited for an incident with Fremantle’s Brandon Walker in the first quarter of their loss on Saturday night at Optus Stadium.
Both incidents were assessed as careless conduct, medium impact and high conduct.
Adelaide’s Rory Laird also was cited for rough conduct against Geelong’s Tanner Bruhn, but the star Crow has escaped with a $3000 fine.