The Western Bulldogs have been hit with a double blow ahead of their much anticipated clash with Greater Western Sydney, with Matthew Boyd and Jack Redpath both offered one week suspensions for separate incidents.
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Boyd can accept a one week ban for striking Melbourne's Tom Bugg, while Redpath has also been offered a week for kneeing Ben Kennedy.
Boyd's suspension is the latest setback for Luke Beveridge's back six, with injuries to vital trio Robert Murphy, Jason Johannisen and Matthew Suckling, not to mention Marcus Adams who missed the weekend's game with a broken finger.
Redpath was brought into the team two weeks ago to help provide another forward option other than Jake Stringer, which seems to have worked.
Boyd's late bump on Bugg was classified as intentional, meaning he was always looking at a suspension even though the contact was graded as low impact to the face.
Similarly, Redpath's knee was also labelled as intentional with low impact to Kennedy's head.
The match review panel laid three other charges, with Demon Neville Jetta also offered a one week holiday for striking Bulldog Marcus Bontempelli.
Jetta's teammate Cameron Pedersen has been offered a $1500 fine for rough conduct on Fletcher Roberts, while Hawthorn's Taylor Duryea can accept a $1000 fine for striking Fremantle forward Hayden Ballantyne.
Bernice Vince could be considered lucky, he's escaped sanction for a high hit on Mitch Wallis, with the match review panel claiming there was insufficient force to warrant any further action.
