RUCKMAN Jake Spencer has accepted a three-match ban for his bump on St Kilda big man Ben McEvoy.

Spencer was charged with a level three ‘bumping or making forceful contact from front-on’ offence (400 demerit points, four-match sanction) for bumping or making forceful contact from front-on against McEvoy during the second quarter Saturday’s loss at the MCG.

He accepted the three-game sanction with an early plea.

Based on the video evidence available and a medical report from St Kilda, the incident was assessed as negligent conduct (one point), high impact (three points) and high contact (two points).

That resulted in six activation points and a level three offence, drawing 400 demerit points and a four-match sanction.

Spencer had no existing good or bad record, so the early plea reduced the sanction by 25 per cent to 300 points and a three-match sanction.