FREMANTLE'S Nick Suban will face the Tribunal at 5pm on Tuesday, while Hawthorn has been given an extra 24 hours to determine its plea for charged pair Cyril Rioli and Brian Lake.
Suban, who faces a misconduct charge for grabbing at the cheek of Hawks midfielder Sam Mitchell, was referred straight to the Tribunal, rather than having his fate decided by the Match Review Panel.
That decision was made because the MRP was not "comfortable with what the table of offences gave us", according to chairman Mark Fraser.
Suban stood to face a six-week penalty due to the extra loading for offences committed in the Grand Final.
Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge hit out at the special penalties for Grand Final infractions, tweeting: "The AFL should change the double points system for GF. It should only be for intentional contact. It is a contact sport!!"
He later observed that the rule had been introduced to stop "haymakers" from retiring players, like Brisbane Lion Alastair Lynch in the 2004 decider.
Lake can accept a three-game suspension with an early guilty plea for striking Fremantle forward Michael Walters, while Rioli can accept a one-game ban for his ‘chicken wing’ tackle on Michael Barlow.
Both are victims of the ‘double demerit points’ system for Grand Finals.
Lake was charged with a level three striking offence (225 demerit points, two-match sanction) for his third quarter elbow to Walters.
However, his offence was doubled to draw 450 points and a four-game ban.
An early guilty plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 337.5 points and a three game ban.
Likewise, Rioli’s level one engaging in rough conduct charge (125 points, one-match sanction) was doubled to 250 points.
An early guilty plea reduces the ban to 187.5 points and a one-game ban.
