HAWTHORN has taken over as the wobbliest team on the Match Review Panel tightrope this season, with five of its biggest stars carrying bad records after 10 rounds.
The revamped MRP has been well received after it abolished carryover points and introduced more fines to replace one-week bans, and there have been fewer players suspended as a result.
Bad records remain, however, with players who have been suspended for two matches or more in the past two seasons looking at an extra week on the sidelines the next time they are suspended.
Hawthorn is delicately placed as it plots a path back into the top four in the second half of the season, with Shaun Burgoyne, Jarryd Roughead, Brian Lake, Luke Hodge and Jordan Lewis all in this position.
Fremantle will also need to be careful, with star midfielder Nat Fyfe, captain Matthew Pavlich and important small forward Hayden Ballantyne all stuck with bad records.
Clubs also need to keep track of the three strikes system for minor penalties, which has replaced one-week bans and reprimands with carryover points this season.
Players are now automatically fined for their first two low-level offences, but their third strike inside a season will result in a one-match ban.
Essendon forward Joe Daniher is the only player to accumulate two strikes in the first 10 rounds, with $28,500 accumulated so far for low-level offences that would have been penalised with carryover points or suspensions last year.
Your club's players with bad records after 10 rounds
ADELAIDE
Richard Douglas (two matches)
BRISBANE LIONS
Tom Rockliff (two matches)
Daniel Merrett (two matches)
Mitch Robinson (two matches)
CARLTON
Chris Yarran (three matches)
Liam Jones (two matches)
COLLINGWOOD
Taylor Adams (two matches)
Steele Sidebottom (three matches)
ESSENDON
Shaun McKernan (two matches)
Dustin Fletcher (two matches)
Jake Melksham (two matches)
Paul Chapman (two matches)
FREMANTLE
Matthew Pavlich (three matches)
Hayden Ballantyne (four matches)
Nat Fyfe (two matches)
GEELONG
Steve Johnson (two matches)
GOLD COAST
Steven May (four matches)
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
Nil
HAWTHORN
Shaun Burgoyne (two matches)
Jarryd Roughead (two matches)
Brian Lake (four matches)
Luke Hodge (three matches)
Jordan Lewis (two matches
MELBOURNE
Jake Spencer (three matches)
Chris Dawes (two matches)
NORTH MELBOURNE
Lindsay Thomas (two matches)
Brent Harvey (three matches)
PORT ADELAIDE
Tom Jonas (three matches)
Hamish Hartlett (three matches)
RICHMOND
Ty Vickery (four matches)
Reece Conca (two matches)
ST KILDA
Tom Simpkin (two matches)
Mav Weller (two matches)
SYDNEY SWANS
Ben McGlynn (three matches)
WEST COAST
Patrick McGinnity (four matches)
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Nil
