Double or nothing for Waite

Jarrad Waite faces a one-match suspension for this incident against Demon Tom McDonald

The future of St Kilda's Justin Koschitzke is in serious doubt after a tumultuous night against Collingwood.

Jarrad Waite wrestles with James Strauss at the MCG yesterday. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

Justin Koschitzke looks back as Jamie Elliott lies on the turf. Picture: Wayne Ludbey

CARLTON faces a tough call to try to maintain key forward Jarrad Waite's long-awaited comeback.

The Blues must decide whether to fight Waite's one-match suspension for a light headbutt and risk doubling the penalty.

It could argue to the AFL Tribunal tonight that the big forward's action against Melbourne backman Tom McDonald was insufficient force to be reportable.

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The match review panel assessed Waite's contact to McDonald's head during the first quarter on Sunday as intentional conduct with low impact.

Video evidence showed a field umpire, only a metre away, appeared not even to caution Waite and the Demon defender did not react to the slight contact.

Waite, who played his first senior game after an injury-interrupted start to the season, would miss a home game against Port Adelaide as well as Monday night against St Kilda if he failed with a tribunal challenge.

The panel deemed Richmond forward Ty Vickery's contact to Geelong captain Joel Selwood at the MCG the previous night as below the force required to constitute a reportable offence.

St Kilda ruckman Justin Koschitzke copped a two-match suspension for striking Collingwood's Jamie Elliott on Friday night.

Koschitzke's record of three matches served in the past two years added a 10 per cent demerit-point loading and means he is stuck with the penalty - and stuck three short of the 200-game milestone.

The panel hit the Saints big man with a three-match ban, reduced by one if he pleads guilty, after assessing his off-the-ball raised left arm as intentional with medium impact.

Hawthorn forward Lance Franklin is in the clear for his contact to Adelaide's Andy Otten after the panel decided his momentum took both players to the ground, an action that resulted in a 50m penalty but no charge.

North Melbourne ruckman Todd Goldstein has no case to answer from contact to Port Adelaide's Justin Westhoff in Saturday's game in Hobart.

A match-day report against Demon Luke Tapscott for rough conduct against Carlton's Kade Simpson was overturned.

Selwood was fined $1800 for a second wrestling offence and Richmond's former skipper Chris Newman is $900 out of pocket after their boundary line scuffle on Saturday night.