Conor Nash is facing a minimum three-match ban in the AFL arising from an incident involving Gryan Miers during Hawthorn’s AFL Round 6 clash with Geelong at the MCG on Easter Monday.

The former Meath football underage player and Leinster and Ireland rugby prospect – who recently made his 100th AFL appearance – caught Miers with a swinging arm which left the Geelong player concussed and has led to calls for a send-off rule in the AFL. Nash’s fate will now be decided by an AFL tribunal.

Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell is hoping Nash’s exemplary disciplinary record up until now will stand to him.

“I saw it live obviously and as soon as I saw (Miers) was taken off with concussion then you recognise that that’s probably going to be a report and an MRO,” he told Fox Footy.

“My thoughts firstly go to Gryan, no-one wants to see that concussion in the game.

“Nashy doesn’t have a reputation for anything like that so I’m sure that’s not what his intention was.”

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