Hale was awarded a free-kick after Porplyzia made a late spoiling attempt in a marking contest. However, the free-kick was reversed when Hawk Ryan Schoenmakers remonstrated with Porplyzia, knocking him to the ground.
The incident was looked at by the MRP, but no further action was taken.
There were no charges laid from the two Preliminary Finals.
The MRP findings were as follows:
The ball is kicked into the Adelaide Crows’ forward line to the leading Porplyzia. Hale is moving to intercept the ball as it is kicked and reaches the contest first. As Hale prepares to mark, Porplyzia makes high contact and a free kick was initially paid against him. It was the view of the panel that Porplyzia had his eyes on the ball at all times and was making a legitimate attempt to spoil with an open hand. No further action was taken.
