West Coast star Harley Reid’s charge for wrestling in the western derby has been upheld, while Fremantle defender and Glendinning-Allan Medallist Jordan Clark was cleared over the same incident.

Reid and Clark were both cited by the AFL’s Match Review Officer for wrestling during the second quarter of Sunday’s game at Optus Stadium, with the bulk of the incident not shown on the broadcast.

The push-and-shove occurred on the outer wing after Reid shrugged through a Clark tackle. The pair went to ground and started wrestling as the ball went forward. West Coast kicked a goal from that play through Josh Lindsay.

Reid and Clark were both fined $1500, which could have been reduced to $1000 with an early plea. However, both opted to challenge their sanctions via written submission.

The Tribunal handed down the verdict for both cases on Wednesday morning.

Clark — who was named best on ground with eight of a possible nine votes in the Dockers’ 56-point victory — had his charge dismissed, while Reid’s was upheld.

The 21-year-old will now be forced to fork over $1500 over the incident.

It is the first time this season Reid has fallen foul of the AFL judiciary. However, he has faced criticism over his on-field behaviour, which has cost his team several costly free kicks and 50-metre penalties in 2026.

The 21-year-old is second in free kicks against this season with 16, an average of 2.67 per game. He sits behind only Sydney ruckman Brodie Grundy in that metric.

West Coast coach Andrew McQualter called on Reid to show better discipline after the side’s heavy loss to Geelong in Gather Round.

“Harley let himself down in that area today and he knows that,” McQualter said.

“That was not the way we want Harley to play. But I also thought he had parts of his game that were strong. We’ll keep working with him like we do with all our players.

“He’s a very, very good player. He’s important to us. But we want him to be important to us for the whole time. We want to ensure his discipline doesn’t tip over.”