No charges expected for AFL grand final

The AFL match review panel is not expected to have any impact on the grand-final dreams of Hawthorn and Sydney players.

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The AFL's match review panel is expected to have zero impact on Saturday's grand final. (AAP)

The AFL's match review panel is expected to have zero impact on Saturday's grand final.

There was an absence of malice on the weekend, when Sydney and Hawthorn recorded contrasting wins in their preliminary finals.

The Swans steamrolled North Melbourne by 71 points at ANZ Stadium, while the Hawks held on to pip Port Adelaide by three points at the MCG.

AFL great Leigh Matthews suggested no player should be sweating on Monday's verdict from the panel.

"There isn't any (incidents to look at). We couldn't find any vision," Matthews told the Seven Network's Game Day.

"There shouldn't be any issues."

Hawthorn's Taylor Duryea was involved in a heavy collision with Matt White in the first quarter, but both players had eyes only for the ball and neither will have a case to answer.

Kieren Jack's bruising tackle on Luke McDonald may be examined, but it would be very surprising to see the Sydney co-captain outed for a week.

Jack bundled McDonald over the boundary line in the first quarter, throwing the 19-year-old to the ground.

McDonald collided with seated officials, but quickly got to his feet to take a free kick that was awarded against Lewis Jetta for an earlier high tackle.

Carlton's Andrew Walker copped a one-match suspension in round one for flinging Angus Monfries against the Etihad Stadium fence.

Walker's rough-conduct incident was rightly graded as intentional conduct, whereas Jack is unlikely to wear the same charge.

"The fence being such a hard object ... we need to stamp this out," match review panel's Joel Bowden told the AFL website at the time of Walker's charge.

RECENT GRAND FINAL TRIBUNAL TEARS:

*1999: Jason McCartney, found guilty of striking in preliminary final

*2002: Jason Cloke, found guilty of striking in preliminary final

*2003: Anthony Rocca, found guilty of striking in preliminary final


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