Mark LeCras and Ted Richards accept AFL match review panel sanctions

West Coast will not challenge Mark LeCras’ one-match ban which means the forward will miss this Sunday’s western derby against Fremantle.

LeCras will be absent for perhaps the biggest Derby in West Australian history after he was booked for his high bump on Hawthorn’s James Frawley. Because of LeCras’s good record was able to reduce the penalty to one game with an early plea, which the Eagles announced on Tuesday morning.

Later today the club will find out more about the hamstring injury to key defender Jeremy McGovern, while it will wait until deeper into the week to ascertain whether ruckman Nic Naitanui will return from Fiji to play.

A rough conduct charge against Essendon’s Adam Cooney for a heavy hit on GWS midfielder Stephen Coniglio has been referred straight to the tribunal, meaning the Bombers midfielder can not submit an early guilty plea.

Richards accepted a $1,000 fine for forceful front-on contact with Geelong star Tom Hawkins.

The match review panel ruled that Adelaide onballer Matt Crouch’s open-handed strike to the face of Richmond captain Trent Cotchin did not warrant a report.