PATRICK Dangerfield's hopes of a second successive Brownlow Medal appear to be under a cloud with his heavy tackle on Matthew Kreuzer set to be scrutinised by the Match Review Panel.

However, Geelong coach Chris Scott said Dangerfield did not break the rules with his tackle.

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Kreuzer suffered mild concussion when Dangerfield wrapped the ruckman up in a tackle early in the third quarter, pinned the Blue's arms and drove him into the ground after Kreuzer had disposed of the ball.

The Carlton big man took some time to get to his feet before eventually making his way to the bench, and went down the race for a concussion test.

Scott acknowledged his natural bias but expected Dangerfield wouldn't miss any football.

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"I haven't watched it in great detail and I am aware the football world will take my comments with a grain of salt, but for what it's worth, what I saw was he made the tackle, he was unaware whether the ball had spilled out so tried to take the player to ground and roll him in the tackle to avoid the in-the-back free kick, which is exactly the way we coach it," Scott said after the match.

"(It) wasn't a sling, that's for sure, don't think he deliberately drove him into the ground, so on that basis, and based on what we've seen the last couple of years, I would expect that would be fine.

"Now when a player's hurt and goes off the ground, there's an extra dimension there that attracts scrutiny, but I think the powers that be have been very clear that the severity of any injury only comes into play once you've acknowledged that there's been a breach of the rules, and I just don't see that when I watch it.

"But, I've got my Geelong scarf on, don't I?"

He emphasised any focus on Kreuzer's injury shouldn't be considered if the tackle was considered legal.

"It creates more scrutiny but any scrutiny based on the eventual outcome I think is unwarranted."