SYDNEY Swans star Lance Franklin has one more match to get through before his Tribunal record is wiped clean, with the forward one of 16 players going into round 23 walking the MRP tightrope.
Franklin was suspended for one match in round 23, 2013, for his bump on Nick Malceski, which combined with his one-match ban for rough conduct on Richmond's Shane Edwards this season gives him a bad record.
Any player suspended for at least two matches in the past two AFL seasons is handed an extra match on top of their next suspension, making it important for Franklin to stay out of trouble in the Swans' clash against Gold Coast on Saturday night.
The Hawks have four players – the most of any finalist – taking a bad record into the final home-and-away round, with stars Jarryd Roughead, Jordan Lewis, Luke Hodge and Brian Lake on the tightrope.
Mitchell and Josh Gibson have also been fined twice this season and will miss one match if they are fined again in 2015 for a classifiable offence, such as a low-impact strike to the body.
Other players with two fines to their name under the new three-strikes system are North Melbourne pair Michael Firrito and Andrew Swallow, Sydney Swans speedster Lewis Jetta and Fremantle star Nat Fyfe.
Fyfe is also in the delicate position of having a bad record, meaning any suspension would add an extra week to his final penalty if he is suspended between now and the Dockers' last match this season.
Finalists with bad records after 22 rounds
FREMANTLE
Nat Fyfe – bad record expires round 22, 2016, two fines
Hayden Ballantyne – bad record expires round three, 2017
Zac Clarke – one fine
Matt de Boer – one fine
Matthew Pavlich – one fine
WEST COAST
Xavier Ellis – one fine
Mark LeCras – one fine
Nic Naitanui – one fine
HAWTHORN
Jarryd Roughead – bad record expires round nine, 2016
Brian Lake – bad record expires round 16, 2016
Jordan Lewis – bad record expires round five, 2017
Luke Hodge – bad record expires round five, 2017
Josh Gibson – two fines
Sam Mitchell – two fines
Ben Stratton – one fine
Ryan Schoenmakers – one fine
SYDNEY SWANS
Lance Franklin – bad record (expires finals week one, 2015)
Lewis Jetta – two fines
Jeremy Laidler – one fine
Luke Parker – one fine
RICHMOND
Reece Conca – bad record expires round 10, 2016
Ty Vickery – bad record expires round 15, 2017
Trent Cotchin – one fine
Dylan Grimes – one fine
Alex Rance – one fine
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Nil
ADELAIDE
Richard Douglas – bad record expires round five, 2016, one fine
Rory Sloane – one fine
NORTH MELBOURNE
Brent Harvey – bad record expires round 21, 2016
Michael Firrito – two fines
Andrew Swallow – two fines
Todd Goldstein – one fine
Lindsay Thomas – one fine
Scott Thompson – one fine
Jarrad Waite – one fine
