The AFL Match Review Officer has determined the fate of three players after multiple contentious incidents occurred during the all-time classic Easter Monday affair.

Conor Nash will be sent directly to the Tribunal for his brutal high strike on Geelong forward Gryan Miers.

Nash carelessly attempted to lay an enforcing, crunching tackle on the ball-winning Miers but completely misjudged the effort, resulting in a high blow to the Cats star, who was instantly knocked out.

The ill-timed error by Nash saw the Hawthorn barometer reported for striking, with a general consensus suggesting that the 104-gamer could face the Tribunal for a suspension sentence upwards of three weeks.

That suggestion has come to fruition following the MRO's determination, with Nash's strike graded careless conduct, severe impact, and high contact.

With the sanction sent directly to the Tribunal, Nash is set to serve a minimum three-week suspension in the best-case scenario for Hawthorn, but the hearing could see the 26-year-old sidelined for even longer.

Geelong star midfielder Bailey Smith has received his second financial sanction in as many weeks for an obscene gesture, as well as an additional fine for his retaliation act on Jarman Impey.

Impey gave Smith a hip and shoulder on the boundary line, to which Smith retaliated and swung the ball at Impey's head, resulting in a free kick for Hawthorn's no. 4.

Smith's act was deemed "Other Misconduct" by the MRO, and the former Bulldog was handed a $3,125 fine, or $1,875 with an early plea.

Smith can accept the same fine or reduced penalty for his second obscene gesture in as many weeks, which was his apparent double flip of the middle finger towards a rowdy MCG crowd as he came from the field following the Impey incident.

Geelong's Tom Atkins can also accept a $3,125 fine reduced to $1,875 with a guilty plea for his careless contact with an umpire in the fourth quarter.