The AFL wishes to advise the match review panel has reviewed the matches played from the weekend. The following charges were laid:

Charges laid
Aaron Joseph, Carlton, has been charged with a level two striking offence against Jared Petrenko, Adelaide, during the first quarter of the NAB Challenge match between Carlton and Adelaide, played at Visy Park on Friday March 12, 2010.

In summary, he can accept a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record with an early plea.

The incident was assessed as intentional conduct (three points), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point). This is a total of five activation points, resulting in a classification of a level two offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction. He has no existing good or bad record. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record.

Nathan Eagleton, Western Bulldogs, has been charged with an attempting to trip against Farren Ray, St Kilda, during the third quarter of the NAB Cup Grand Final between the Western Bulldogs and St Kilda, played at Etihad Stadium on Saturday March 13, 2010.

In summary, he can accept a reprimand and 72 points towards his future record with an early plea.

A attempting to trip offence draws a reprimand and 80 points towards his future record. He has a total of two matches suspended within the last three years, increasing the penalty by 20 per cent to a reprimand and 96 points towards his future record. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 72 points towards his future record.

Other incidents assessed
The match-day report laid against the Brisbane Lions’ Amon Buchanan, for making forceful contact from front-on against Hawthorn’s Xavier Ellis, from the third quarter of Friday’s match was assessed. The panel said that Buchanan converged to contest the ball. Buchanan stopped when he reached the contest. As Ellis handballed the ball, his momentum took him forward and into the stationary Buchanan. It was the view of the panel that Buchanan had no realistic alternative way to contest the ball. No further action was taken.

Contact between West Coast’s Josh Kennedy and Melbourne’s Colin Sylvia from the third quarter of Saturday’s match was assessed. The panel said that West Coast player Chris Masten had the ball, and was being pursued by player Sylvia. Kennedy comes in to shepherd Sylvia, to assist Masten to break clear. The panel determined that Kennedy could not contest the ball and was not able to tackle the Melbourne player, as he did not have the ball. Sylvia was actively involved in the play, he would have reasonably been expected to influence the contest and the force of the bump was not excessive for that situation. Kennedy did not run far to apply the bump, an elbow was not part of the contact and Kennedy did not leave the ground to deliver the bump. Sylvia was not in a vulnerable position and could reasonably expect contact to be made. The contact was therefore deemed to not be unreasonable in the circumstances. No further action was taken.