TSL: Cody Thorp accepts ban at tribunal

The ban means Thorp will miss round 10's trip to Kingborough and takes the 28-year-old to a career total of 12 weeks suspension.

Under the AFL's national player policy, any player who accumulates 16 weeks of suspension will be de-registered from the game in all states.

A de-registered player can only be re-registered with permission from the state body and after a de-registration period of 12 months.

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After hitting the scoreboard early in the opening term, Thorp was reported on the 20-minute mark for a front-on bump on North defender Billy Edmunds.

Players from both sides were involved in remonstrations before Edmunds was eventually able to take the free kick.

Another incident followed two minutes later at the other end of the ground when Thorp struck North forward Zach Burt in the head after a free kick, leading to a 50m penalty and goal.

The tribunal deemed the second incident intentional, high contact with low impact and offered Thorp a two-week ban, which was reduced to one week with an early guilty plea.

The first incident was dismissed, with the match review office deeming the contact legal and therefore not requiring of a penalty.

Thorp, who played with South Launceston, Western Storm and Longford before moving to Queensland, has kicked 12 goals in seven games in his return to TSL this season.

Kingborough's Luke Graham also had a referral thrown out after a 'potential strike' on a North Hobart player was deemed to have minimal impact in addition to insufficient video and umpire evidence.