BY FRANK IENCO

SYDNEY Swans star Adam Goodes is again facing the prospect of a one-match ban, after he was charged by the match review panel for the third time this season.

Goodes was charged with rough conduct for head-high contact he made on Melbourne’s Clint Bartram during yesterday’s win in Canberra.

The incident was deemed negligent, low impact and high contact and in doing so carries a 125 point penalty.

But Goodes’ reprimand just a fortnight ago for the same offence on West Coast’s Adam Selwood means even with an early guilty plea he would still have 164.06 points - and a one game ban.

If the Swans challenge the charge and lose Goodes would have 218.75 points and a two-game suspension.

A suspension would also mean Goodes, who has played 204 consecutive senior games, would miss out on the chance to break Jim Stynes’ all-time record 244-game mark.

In other news arising from the match review panel today, both Adelaide’s Nathan Bassett and Port’s Matt Thomas find themselves in a similar position to Goodes.

Bassett was charged with striking Brisbane’s Jed Adcock, an incident that earnt him 80 points.

But with 60 carry-over points, even an early guilty plea will give Bassett 105 points and a one game ban.

While Thomas was charged with a level one rough conduct charge on Richmond’s Joel Bowden, giving him 125 points.

With a suspension within the last three years, Thomas’ penalty increases to 137.5 and even an early guilty plea will only reduce this to 103.13 - again a one game suspension.

There was better news for Geelong’s Steve Johnson who was cleared for an alleged incident on Adam Selwood during Saturday night’s match at Subiaco.

While St. Kilda’s Brendon Goddard was fined for wrestling.

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