Former Geelong skipper Steven King has been cleared of any wrongdoing for his bizarre mark over a goal umpire on the weekend.

Despite the AFL's strict rules regarding players making contact with umpires, the AFL match review panel chose to take no action against King.

In clearing King, who was playing just his third match of the season, the match review panel said the incident was "clearly not a reportable offence."

The panel said the incident occurred after a shot at goal by Richmond's Nathan Brown dropped short as the goal umpire moved into line with the ball to adjudicate the scoring decision.

"The ball drops shorter than expected, leaving the umpire between the dropping ball and King, unable to move out of the way in time," the panel said.

"King keeps his eyes on the ball at all times and takes the mark in the field of play, to prevent the opposition scoring a goal."

"(And) while contact was made, this was clearly not a reportable offence as the goal umpire contributed to the contact."

King was also cleared of a separate incident involving Richmond's Jake King, which was ruled a shepherd rather than a strike.

However Western Bulldogs' midfielder Matthew Boyd wasn't so lucky after copping a $2400 fine for making contact with an umpire during Friday night's draw against St Kilda.

St Kilda co-captain Lenny Hayes was booked with tripping the Bulldogs' Jason Akermanis in the same match but can accept a reprimand.

Hawthorn's Jordan Lewis can also accept a reprimand after being booked with attempting to strike Essendon's Nathan Lovett-Murray during a fiery first quarter clash between the pair at the MCG on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the panel booked eight players for engaging in a melee during Sunday's fiery western derby in Perth.

West Coast's Beau Waters, Matt Priddis and Ben Cousins can all accept fines as can Fremantle's Josh Carr, Matthew Carr, Matthew Pavlich, Paul Hasleby and Heath Black.

Fremantle advised on Monday night that all five of its players would accept their sanctions.

The panel also cleared veteran Bulldogs Chris Grant over high contact with St Kilda's Nick Dal Santo, which was viewed as a fair bump given that Dal Santo was involved in play and that Grant did not use excessive force or leave the ground as he bumped Dal Santo.

And the panel also cleared Collingwood's Travis Cloke, Brisbane's Tim Notting, Port's Shaun Burgoyne, Melbourne's James McDonald, Essendon's Dustin Fletcher and Hawthorn's Campbell Brown after reviewing several other incidents from the weekend's matches.