FREMANTLE will appeal the three-match ban handed to forward Patrick Voss for a strike that left Richmond defender Nick Vlastuin bloodied on Sunday afternoon.

Voss has been suspended for three games for the strike on Vlastuin at Barossa Park, with the incident graded careless conduct, severe impact and high contact by the Match Review Officer.

The Dockers have confirmed they will appeal the three-match sanction on Tuesday evening. If unsuccessful, Voss will miss games against Melbourne, Adelaide and St Kilda.

Vlastuin suffered a nasty cut on his nose and was sent from the field under the blood rule. He was later spotted chatting amicably with Voss after the full-time siren.

"His nose is a bit crooked but that's the game," Richmond coach Adem Yze said of Vlastuin post-match.

"He's a tough player and puts his head in places that he probably shouldn't.

"He passed all of that (concussion test) so it was just a blood rule. He's got a bit of a shiner on his beak but he'll be OK."

Elsewhere, Richmond defender Jayden Short escaped sanction for umpire contact after an incident that saw umpire Paul Rebeschini leave the field due to injury, with the Match Review Officer determining Short's actions in the collision were not careless enough to warrant a sanction.

Tim Taranto and Jaeger O'Meara, however, were fined for umpire contact in separate incidents.

Four players - Ollie Lord, Blake Hardwick, Changkuoth Jiath and Mitch Georgiades - were fined for engaging in melees during Port Adelaide's fiery win over Hawthorn on Sunday night.

Hawthorn forward Nick Watson, meanwhile, is free to play against Geelong on Easter Monday, with the MRO ruling he has no case to answer for his heavy tackle on Port youngster Christian Moraes.