ST KILDA will be missing full-forward Justin Koschitzke for the next three weeks after the club accepted the match review panel's sanction for his bump on Sydney Swan Nick Malceski.

The early guilty plea will mean Koschitzke will misses matches against North Melbourne, Collingwood and Fremantle.

Teammate Brendan Goddard has also has accepted a $900 sanction for making negligent contact with an umpire.

Koschitzke collected Malceski only moments after the opening bounce in an incident the match review panel classed as reckless conduct with medium impact and high contact.

Due to an existing poor record, Koschitzke was handed a four-match ban for the hit with the option of reducing the penalty to three matches if an early guilty plea was entered.

The match review panel dismissed the match-day report laid against Essendon’s David Hille for charging Geelong's Jimmy Bartel in Friday’s match, ruling that the Bomber ruckman was making a legitimate attempt to mark the ball.

No further action was taken in regard to an incident involving Carlton’s Jarrad Waite and Richmond’s Daniel Connors from the first quarter of Thursday’s match, which saw a shaken Connors taken from the ground.

Other incidents involving North Melbourne’s Brent Harvey, and Bulldogs Ryan Hargrave and Jason Akermanis were also assessed and dismissed.