Sydney Swans veteran Dane Rampe will await his fate with the match review officer, after he was penalised for high contact on Zak Butters.
The two men came together with eight minutes left in the first quarter between the Swans and Port Adelaide.
Butters handballed ahead before Rampe hit the Port star high.
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The umpire then paid a downfield free kick before Ryan Burton kicked a goal for Port Adelaide seconds later.
“That was a high hit … fair enough,” Matthew Richardson said on 7.
If Rampe is found guilty of forceful high contact, he could be banned for the grand final but it’s likely he’ll receive a lighter charge and simply cop a fine.
While he was flattened by Rampe, Butters rose to his feet and joked with his Swans rival after the hit.
“I think that shows how tough Butters is because he got up, laughed at it as if it was nothing,” Luke Hodge said.
Hodge’s comments come after Port great Kane Cornes called for Butters to “push through” a rib injury he was subbed off for in the qualifying final loss against Geelong.
Sydney went on to win the match 14.11 (95) – 8.11 (59) in the preliminary final to put themselves in the grand final.