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PORT Adelaide midfielder Hamish Hartlett has been hit with a two-match sanction for striking Hawthorn's Cyril Rioli during the first quarter of Sunday's match.

The match review panel assessed the incident as intentional, contact to the body and medium impact, drawing 225 demerit points and a two-match suspension.

The ban can be reduced to one match with an early guilty plea.

The club will decide overnight whether it will appeal the sanction.

Full finding from the MRP:
Based on the video evidence available, an investigation by the Match Review and medical report from the Hawthorn Football Club, the incident was assessed as intentional conduct (three points), medium impact (two points) and body contact (one point). This is a total of six activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level Three offence, drawing 225 demerit points and a two-match sanction. He has no existing good or bad record. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to 168.75 points and a one-match sanction