Richmond midfielder Dustin Martin is free to play this week after accepting an early guilty plea on a rough conduct charge.

Martin was charged with a Level One bumping or making forceful contact from front-on offence against Josh Kennedy, Sydney Swans, during the second quarter of the match against the Sydney Swans last Saturday night.

He will carry 93.75 points towards his future record, can still be nominated for Rising Star award, but will be ineligible to win it.

The incident was assessed as negligent conduct (one point), low impact (one point) and high contact (two points). This is a total of four activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level One offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction.

The early plea reduced the sanction by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record.

Martin has been one of the shining lights for the Tigers so far in 2010, averaging 20 possessions per game.