Webster, who was reported in the second semi-final against North Launceston, went into the umpires’ book twice in his side’s preliminary final loss to Lauderdale after two separate striking incidents involving former Gold Coast Sun Jacob Gillbee.

The first hit earned the 23-year-old a three-match ban – reduced to two with an early guilty plea – while the second was referred straight to Wednesday’s independent tribunal on account of its potential to cause injury. 

After hearing evidence from Gillbee and Webster, the latter was handed a one-match ban for an intentional strike with low impact to the body. 

Gillbee told the tribunal the hit, which took place as Webster was running to the interchange bench, had been of ‘low to medium’ impact and that he had ‘put a bit on’ in falling to the ground after the contact.

Webster confirmed Gilbee’s evidence that contact had not been made to the Lauderdale star’s chin or jaw, but rather his shoulder. 

Webster’s poor record raised the sanction to two matches, but his guilty plea reduced the final sentence to one match. 

Meanwhile, Sharman had his strike ban cut from three weeks to two weeks after successfully arguing his hit on Lauderdale skipper Bryce Walsh was low impact.

The hit took place during the second quarter of last weekend’s State League grand final, when Sharman made head-high contact to Walsh after being brought down in a tackle.

Sharman rejected an initial offer of a four-week ban cut to three weeks with an early guilty plea, which included a 25 per cent grand final loading. 

Instead, the former Devonport player argued he had made contact to Walsh’s chest with his forearm in an effort to keep him away. 

Walsh told the tribunal he had been struck in the chin and throat by Sharman’s hand, and said that his mouthguard had not been firmly lodged in his mouth during the incident, which led to a chipped tooth and a cut inside his mouth.

Neither the officiating umpire nor the emergency umpire could be certain exactly where the contact was made.

The star midfielder left the field to be checked over by Lauderdale’s medical team before returning to the field not long after.

In considering the evidence from both players, the tribunal deliberated for more than an hour before deeming Sharman’s strike to be of high contact but low impact, warranting a two-match base sanction.

The ban was cut to one week because of Sharman’s guilty plea, however, the tribunal chose to apply a 100 per cent grand final loading to keep the sanction at two weeks.

The ban comes after five Lauderdale players were reported in last year’s grand final.