Bernie Vince’s charging report has been thrown out by the AFL Match Review Panel.

Vince was reported for charging Port Adelaide forward Chad Wingard in the final quarter of Balfours Showdown XXIV at AAMI Stadium on Sunday.

In a statement, the MRP said Vince’s initial contact was to Wingard’s chest:

“Wingard has the ball passed to him by a team mate and is jumping to mark. Vince comes to the contest from the side as Wingard is completing the mark and his arm makes contact to the Port Adelaide player's chest, before sliding up the body to make high contact.

“After viewing all available footage, speaking to the umpire who laid the report at the time and receiving a medical report from the Port Adelaide Football Club, it was the view of the panel that Vince's action was not a striking action.”

Collingwood’s Harry O’Brien was also cleared of making forceful front-on contact against Hawthorn skipper Luke Hodge. Essendon duo Paddy Ryder (three games) and Nick Kommer (two games) can accept reduced sanctions with early guilty pleas for separate incidents during the Club’s win over Fremantle on Friday night. GWS onballer Devon Smith has been offered a one-match sanction for rough conduct on St Kilda defender Jarryn Geary.