Lions midfiedler Andrew Raines will miss this Saturday's match against Essendon after accepting a one match suspension for striking Geelong Captain Joel Selwood.
The Level Four striking offence handed down by the AFL Match Review Panel followed an off-the-ball incident between the two players during the fourth quarter of last Saturday night's match at the Gabba.
Based on the video evidence available and a medical report from Geelong, the incident was assessed as intentional conduct (three points), medium impact (two points) and high contact (two points).
This is a total of seven activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level Four offence, drawing 325 demerit points and three-match sanction.
Raines' existing good record reduced the penalty by 25 per cent to 243.75 points and a two-match sanction. His early plea reduced the penalty by a further 25 per cent to 182.81 points and a one-match sanction.
Raines accepts one match ban
Andrew Raines has accepted the one match ban handed down by the AFL Match Review Panel on Monday.
