Wayne Henwood, a member of the AFL tribunal jury that handed Bachar Houli a lenient two-game ban, will likely be involved in the hearing for Tomas Bugg's inevitable striking charge.
The Melbourne player is certain to be referred directly to the tribunal for striking Callum Mills, an incident that forced the Sydney defender out of Friday night's game with concussion.
Henwood was one of the three jury members that controversially handed Richmond defender Houli a lenient two-game suspension this week - a case that was also referred directly to the tribunal.
In a landmark appeal, AFL operations manager Simon Lethlean successfully challenged the tribunal penalty and it was doubled.
Lethlean said he had no problem with any of last week's tribunal jury being used again.
David Neitz and Hamish McIntosh were the other jury members that originally decided to give Houli a two-game penalty on account of his good character.
"There's a likelihood that at least one of the members from the week just gone will be on the tribunal and that's fine by us," Lethlean told the ABC.
Lethlean then indicated Henwood would most likely be on the jury again for next Tuesday's hearing.
"He's very experienced and has a legal background," Lethlean said of Henwood, who played for Sydney.
The AFL's football boss said they choose from a pool of seven jury members.
The AFL match review panel will rule on Bugg next Monday and he is certain to go straight to the tribunal without having the option of pleading guilty for a lighter penalty.
There is strong speculation he will be banned for five or six weeks.
Lethlean also said there were no plans to have the match review panel meet at the weekend to rule on incidents from Thursday or Friday night games.
"We have a lot of stuff to unfold at our end to let the process unfold properly," he said.
One of the key factors was the need to assess medical reports when players are hurt in reportable incidents.
Lethlean said they would not review the match review panel process formally until the end of the season.
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