HAMISH HARTLETT is free to play after the AFL Match Review Panel cleared him of wrong doing in a third term incident in Sunday's loss to Carlton.
Hartlett made high contact with an open hand to Patrick Cripps while trying to make position at a marking contest.
A full explanation of the investigation is as follows:
Contact between Port Adelaide’s Hamish Hartlett and Carlton’s Patrick Cripps from the third quarter of Sunday’s match was assessed. The panel said the ball was kicked long to a contest on the wing where a marking contest was set to take place. Hartlett and Cripps were behind the marking contest, attempting to make position. As Hartlett was seeking to maintain his balance, he made high contact with an open hand. It was the view of the panel the action was not a striking motion and no further action was required.
