ESSENDON will have the most players walking the Match Review Panel tightrope in round one as clubs prepare for the first year of a more lenient system.
With carryover points abolished and more fines introduced to replace one-match bans, clubs can expect to have fewer players suspended under the new-look MRP.
However, bad records will still be taken into account, with players who have been suspended for at least two matches in the past two seasons set to have their base penalties increased by one match.
Essendon has five players in this position - Paul Chapman, Dustin Fletcher, Jake Melksham, Nick Kommer and Shaun McKernan – while Gold Coast is the only club with a clean slate entering the new season.
The other bad record penalty players will need to keep on top of is the three strikes system for minor offences.
Rather than receive a one-match ban downgraded to a reprimand with an early plea, players will automatically be fined for their first two low-level offences, such as an intentional, low impact strike to the body.
Their third strike inside a season, however, will result in a one-match ban.
The only players to record strikes during the NAB Challenge were Rory Sloane (Adelaide), Joe Daniher (Essendon), Billy Longer (St Kilda) and Lindsay Thomas (North Melbourne).
Your club's players with bad records entering 2015
ADELAIDE
Eddie Betts (three matches)
Richard Douglas (two matches)
BRISBANE LIONS
Tom Rockliff (two matches)
Daniel Merrett (two matches)
Mitch Robinson (two matches)
CARLTON
Liam Jones (two matches)
COLLINGWOOD
Taylor Adams (two matches)
Steele Sidebottom (three matches)
ESSENDON
Nick Kommer (two matches)
Shaun McKernan (two matches)
Dustin Fletcher (two matches)
Jake Melksham (two matches)
Paul Chapman (two matches)
FREMANTLE
Colin Sylvia (three matches)
Matthew Pavlich (three matches)
Hayden Ballantyne (two matches)
Nat Fyfe (two matches)
GEELONG
James Kelly (two matches)
Steve Johnson (two matches)
GOLD COAST
Nil
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
Devon Smith (two matches)
HAWTHORN
Shaun Burgoyne (two matches)
Jarryd Roughead (two matches)
Brian Lake (four matches)
MELBOURNE
Neville Jetta (three matches)
Jake Spencer (three matches)
Chris Dawes (two matches)
NORTH MELBOURNE
Jack Ziebell (three matches)
Lindsay Thomas (two matches)
Brent Harvey (three matches)
PORT ADELAIDE
Paddy Ryder (four matches)
Tom Jonas (three matches)
Hamish Hartlett (three matches)
RICHMOND
Steven Morris (two matches)
Ty Vickery (four matches)
Reece Conca (two matches)
ST KILDA
Tom Simpkin (two matches)
SYDNEY SWANS
Ben McGlynn (three matches)
WEST COAST
Patrick McGinnity (four matches)
