FREMANTLE'S Nat Fyfe and Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell seem likely to come in for close attention from the Match Review Panel following a pair of clumsy incidents during the Hawks' commanding 72-point win in Launceston on Sunday afternoon.

Brownlow Medal favourite Fyfe will be scrutinised for his part in a clash with Hawks defender Taylor Duryea during a physical opening term, while Mitchell may have to answer for a raised knee that sent Fyfe to the bench with a corked thigh early in the second.

Running with the flight in the opening quarter, Fyfe took his eyes off the ball and appeared to push his elbow into Duryea's face in an attempt to spoil. The young Hawk was rattled but not injured and got up to take his kick at goal following a 50m penalty awarded for the high contact.

When asked whether he thought Fyfe had anything to fear following the clash with Duryea, Freo coach Ross Lyon said he hadn’t had a clear view of the incident and preferred not to speculate on potential outcomes.

“I think ultimately the MRP will review and there will be outcomes and I don’t want to pre-empt anyway,” Lyon said. “They’re doing their best and hopefully everything is what it is and everything gets judged fairly. I think we all believe in that.”

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Early in the second quarter and in scenes reminiscent of his round 12 clash with Adelaide's Taylor Walker, Mitchell raised a knee to brace for impact with the on-rushing Fyfe and sent the Freo star to the bench for treatment on a seemingly corked thigh.

“I haven’t seen the incident so I can’t comment on it and I’d prefer to leave it at that until I do see it,” Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson told reporters post-match, going on to suggest such collisions were inevitable given the physical nature of the contest.

“It’s two really, really good sides having a genuine crack at each other and there’s going to be collisions.

“There’s something like 150 tackles laid for the game; they’re collisions and that’s the game of footy.”

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While there was little to suggest any malice in the clash, the incident certainly raised eyebrows around Aurora Stadium and beyond with Crows skipper Walker taking to Twitter soon after to suggest that 'lightning strikes twice' in a cheeky reference to his own corked thigh courtesy of the Hawthorn midfielder a month ago.

While Mitchell went on to amass 39 disposals in a best afield performance for the Hawks, Fyfe’s influence on the game was diminished after half-time as he struggled to just five possessions after the long break.

Fyfe has a bad record with the MRP and was fined $1000 for tripping Bulldog Koby Stevens in round seven, a decision Fyfe referred to as "pragmatic".

Fyfe, a $1.50 favourite for the Brownlow Medal, is trailed in the betting markets by Sam Mitchell ($14), Dan Hannebery ($14) and last year's Brownlow medallist Matt Priddis ($15).

Fyfe was ruled ineligible to win last year's Brownlow Medal after being suspended for two matches for rough conduct in round two. He was later suspended for a further two games for striking Hawk Jordan Lewis. 

Fyfe finished one vote behind Priddis in last year's Brownlow Medal after storming home with 19 votes in his final 10 games. 

Before the match, AFL legend Leigh Matthews called on the AFL to create the role of MRP chairman for League football operations manager Mark Evans.

"What you hope for with the MRP is consistency, expediency ... and transparency," Matthews told Channel Seven.

"The Match Review Panel should have a chairman who announces the penalty and explains the rationale of the penalty. 

"Consistency comes if one person is the anchor point each week and transparency comes from that one person being able to explain the decision ... make it Mark Evans."