Greater Western Sydney midfielder Rhys Palmer can accept a reprimand with an early guilty plea for striking Crow Patrick Dangerfield on Sunday.
Palmer felled Dangerfield with a blow to the stomach during the third quarter of the match between Adelaide and GWS at Skoda Stadium. The former Docker was charged with a Level Two striking offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction.
In summary, he can accept a reprimand and 93.75 pointstowards his future record with an early plea. He has no existing good or bad record. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record.
The incident was assessed as intentional conduct (three points), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point). This is a total of five activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level Two offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction.