Former Hawthorn skipper Shane Crawford has reclaimed his record as the player with the worst tribunal record of any current AFL player after accepting a one-match suspension from the match review panel on Tuesday for striking Port Adelaide's Dean Brogan.

The 1999 Brownlow Medallist, who would have risked a two-match suspension had he chose to contest the charge, will miss Sunday's MCG clash against bottom side Melbourne, continuing the unbeaten Hawks' recent poor run at the tribunal.

But his team-mate Ben McGlynn and Port Adelaide star Shaun Burgoyne will face the AFL tribunal on Tuesday night after choosing to contest their charges of rough conduct - resulting from Saturday's clash in Launceston - after both players were reported after making head-high contact while bumping.

McGlynn and Burgoyne could have accepted three-match suspensions from the match review panel but will now be risking four-match bans if they are unsuccessful at the tribunal on Tuesday night.

Crawford, a four-time best-and-fairest winner who also missed the first three rounds of this season because of a suspension that carried over from last year's semi-final loss to the Kangaroos, has now been found guilty by the tribunal/match review panel on 12 separate occasions during his 296-game career.

And this latest suspension brings to nine the total number of games he has served in suspensions during that time.

Only three weeks ago Fremantle veteran Josh Carr equalled Crawford's previous record of 11 guilty verdicts when he copped a three-game suspension for kneeing Geelong's Gary Ablett but Carr has served a total of 10 matches in suspensions - one more than Crawford.

Former Carlton and Sydney champion Greg Williams holds the record for most games served in suspensions with 34 while another former Blue and Swan, David Rhys-Jones, is the game's most reported player, having been booked on 25 occasions.

Meanwhile, the Hawks and Port will be sweating on the results of Tuesday's tribunal hearing given the consequences of an unsuccessful plea.

McGlynn is risking 418.75 points for his rough conduct charge against Kane Cornes, which was assessed as reckless conduct, medium impact and high contact.

And Burgoyne is risking the same amount of points for his head-high bump on Hawks' skipper Sam Mitchell - which was assessed as negligent conduct, high impact and high contact.

Even though Mitchell was taken from the field on a stretcher, Port is likely to try to get the high impact downgraded to medium impact given Mitchell was later able to return