PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 24: Will Schofield of the Eagles raises his elbow towards Clayton Oliver of the Demons during the round 14 AFL match between the West Coast Eagles and the Melbourne Demons at Domain Stadium on June 24, 2017 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Melbourne midfielder Jordan Lewis has defended young teammate Clayton Oliver following accusations he took a dive on Saturday night.

West Coast's Will Scofield successfully overturned his one-game ban for striking Oliver at the tribunal on Tuesday night.

Oliver went to ground from a Schofield hit during a scuffle at half-time, however, vision appeared to show Schofield largely missing Oliver's jaw and instead mostly collecting his shoulder.

The Demons' medical report indicated Oliver had a sore jaw, which contributed to Schofield's penalty. However, the Eagles successfully argued Oliver's pain could have been from another incident earlier in the quarter, while the vision was unable to determine exactly whether Oliver was struck in the jaw or not.

Despite Schofield's successful appeal, Lewis defended his teammate, saying he would not have taken a dive.

“He’s got thick skin, the kid. He doesn’t really care what is said about him,” Lewis said on AFL360 on Tuesday night.

“What I do know is the type of person that he is, and the player that he is, he’s not going to go to ground like that if nothing happened.

“He just wouldn’t do it, he’s not like that.

“I remember when I was playing for Hawthorn that Cyril Rioli absolutely cleaned him up, right down the middle, and he got straight back up.

“So he’s not a weak kid or anything like that.”

Oliver said earlier in the week the knock simply took him by surprise, which contributed to him falling to the ground.

“(The hit) probably doesn’t look that bad, but I just wasn’t ready for it,” Oliver said after the Dees' three-point win over the Eagles.