Melbourne will challenge Jacob van Rooyen's three-week suspension at the AFL tribunal.
Match review officer Michael Christian handed van Rooyen the lengthy suspension after the 23-year-old's swinging arm collected Port Adelaide's Aliir Aliir high on Saturday night.
The Power defender left the game concussed, and the MRO deemed van Rooyen's actions to be striking, and that the incident was careless conduct, high contact and severe impact.
With only one round remaining in the home-and-away season, the Demons are not yet locked into the top six and will be hoping to get van Rooyen's suspension at least downgraded to prevent him from missing more than just one final.
To help Melbourne's case will be that van Rooyen's actions were not malicious, as he was going for the ball and accidentally hit Aliir's neck and head instead.
A test case for this hearing would be Adelaide key forward Darcy Fogarty's recent visit to the tribunal.
Fogarty received a three-match ban for his swinging arm in a tackle that caught Sydney's Harry Cunningham high and concussed him.
The Crows tried to argue that Fogarty's actions did not constitute a strike and that the impact should be downgraded to high rather than severe.
Adelaide tried to downgrade Fogarty's ban, but the tribunal disagreed, and his three-week suspension was upheld.
The tribunal determined that Fogarty's swinging arm was an active choice by the Crow and that he had time to tackle Cunningham in a different manner that would not have caused a concussion.
Melbourne will likely argue similar points to Adelaide, despite its failed attempt, and whether the Dees succeed will hinge on whether the tribunal thinks a reasonable player would have decided to act differently to van Rooyen in that situation.
