Launceston have been given a welcome reprieve by the State League tribunal.
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Having already lost Mitch Thorp's playing services for Saturday's visit to high-flying Glenorchy, the club successfully challenged a similar charge against Casey Brown.
The fourth-placed Blues have been keeping State League officialdom busy in the wake of Saturday's spiteful loss to Lauderdale.
Four charges were laid in the Bombers' 18-point win at Windsor Park and while two were swiftly resolved the others were destined to have major implications on the trip to KGV.
Thorp will be restricted to just coaching duties after being referred for making high contact against Bryce Walsh.
The match review panel determined that the contact was intentional, with low impact to the head and offered Thorp a base sanction of two matches, reduced to one with an early guilty plea, which he accepted.
However, Brown opted to challenge an identical offer for rough conduct against Ryan Wiggins.
He rejected the high contact aspect of the incident and the matter was heard by the independent tribunal on Tuesday evening.
Considering video evidence and submissions from Brown, Wiggins and the officiating umpire, the tribunal concluded that no high contact was made so the incident did not constitute a reportable offence and Brown is free to play this weekend.
A potential tunnelling incident on Ben McGuinness by Ethan Conway attracted no further action after the MRP deemed it was caused by Conway slipping.
No further action was also required for the teams engaging in a melee.
Tigers' Kieran Lovell was referred for making careless contact with an umpire during his side's heavy loss to North Launceston.
Offered a base sanction of one match, Lovell accepted a low-level reprimand with an early guilty plea.