DUAL Brownlow Medallist Adam Goodes faces a possible one-match ban after being charged with striking Port Adelaide's Matt Thomas in the first quarter of the match between the Swans and Port Adelaide at the SCG on Sunday.
Goodes existing carry-over points from within the last 12 months means his penalty would be increased from a reprimand to a one-match sanction, even with an early guilty plea.
The Swans say they will decide on Tuesday whether to contest the charge.
Goodes' incident was assessed as negligent contact (one point), low impact (one point) and high contact (two points), a total of four activation points, resulting in a classification of a level one offence.
This draws 80 demerit points and a reprimand.
Goodes has 70.31 demerit points carried over from an incident within the last 12 months, increasing the penalty to 150.31 points and a one-match sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to 112.73 points and a one-match sanction.
Brisbane Lions full back Daniel Merrett and Josh Hunt were the only other players charged after the weekend's matches.
Merrett was charged with a level one engaging in rough conduct offence against Anthony Rocca while Hunt was charged with a level one tripping offence against Essendon's Brent Stanton.
Both players face reprimands if they plead guilty.
The match review panel also assessed three other incidents but decided no further action was warranted.
The match day report against North Melbourne's Aaron Edwards for charging Richmond's Andrew Raines was assessed and it was the view of the panel that Edwards had led for the ball, when Raines cut in front of him in an attempt to mark the ball, after the North Melbourne player had left the ground.
The panel said that Edwards had his eyes on the ball until the last moment when he realised contact was going to be made. Edwards then turned to protect himself. The contact was unavoidable and no further action was taken.
Contact between Collingwood's Ben Johnson and the Brisbane Lions' Simon Black from the fourth quarter of Friday's match was also reviewed. Although there was some contact to Black's neck, the majority of contact was to the shoulder area. The force was not considered unreasonable in the circumstances and no further action was required, the panel said.
And contact between St Kilda's Justin Koschitzke and Carlton's Bret Thornton from before the start of Saturday's match was deemed below the level of force required to constitute a reportable offences
Late on Monday, the panel investigated a fourth incident, concerning contact between Fremantle's Josh Carr and Hawthorn's Michael Osborne from Saturday's game at Subiaco, following a notice of investigation lodged by umpire Stephen McBurney.
The panel interviewed the umpire concerned along with the two players, but will take no further action due to the lack of available video evidence, along with the evidence given by the players involved.
