Brisbane coach Chris Fagan has hit back at those questioning Lachie Neale's actions in a tackle that saw Giant Callan Ward get suspended after their Round 6 meeting, stating that no players would deliberately risk suffering a concussion.

The AFL has cracked down on dangerous tackles this season with over ten players handed bans so far, with Ward copping his suspension after Brisbane's win on Saturday afternoon.

The third term incident drew some criticism towards Neale, with Fox Footy's Jordan Lewis saying that the Lion "accepted the tackle".

“I think as the person being tackled, you need to keep your feet busy to try and fight through the tackle,” Lewis said on Fox Footy.

“I think Lachie Neale accepted the tackle which then contributed to him being easy to be slammed on the ground.

“The responsibility clearly lies with the tackler but in that instance, I think Lachie Neale contributed to the force of his head hitting the ground.”

Fagan weighed in to the debate while speaking to media on Thursday morning, denying that any player would deliberately put themselves in harm's way to earn a free kick.

"I don't know any player in the competition would deliberately fall to the ground and hit his head and risk concussion to get a free kick," Fagan said on Thursday morning.

"It just doesn't make any logical sense to me.

"I don't understand the people who say that. If you get concussion, you can be out for a week, or you can be out forever.

"I don't think any player is going to do that.

"If we're starting to think players are going to fake it to get a free kick, I think we're going down the wrong pathway completely.

"If you have a good look at that tackle, Lachie's legs were locked up by Ward's legs, and he had no centre of gravity, so he was at the mercy of whatever Ward tried to do.

"I don't think Ward's tackle was venomous at all, it was just one of those weird situations that happen in the game that we then talk about for the rest of the week because we've got nothing better to talk about."

Ward accepted his one match ban for rough conduct and will miss GWS's Round 7 clash against Sydney at the SCG on Saturday afternoon.