Tom Lynch has failed in his bid to have his one-match ban for a hit on Carlton’s Tom De Koning overturned.

De Koning did not undergo a concussion test after the collision when Lynch appeared to bump the Blues ruckman inadvertently during the Tigers’ miracle win over Carlton.

But that did not help Lynch’s cause.

“We find that this was a bump by Lynch. He was pushed to some extent by (Jacob) Wetering, but this did not cause him to bump,” the Tribunal decision read.

“Lynch intended to bump De Koning, and he did bump De Koning. We reject the evidence and the argument that this was not a bump, but rather a bracing for impact.

“We reject the evidence and argument that Lynch moved in an upward motion so as to avoid contact to his head. We find that the contact to De Koning was not caused by circumstances beyond the control of Lynch.”

The Richmond veteran will miss Saturday’s match against Port Adelaide.

Richmond argued Lynch’s contact with De Koning in Thursday night’s clash, where his shoulder hit the Blue’s jaw, was due to Carlton defender Weitering pushing the forward.

“I’m in a vulnerable position and I react to get my head out of the dangerous position it was in,” Lynch said.

Lynch said he had not attempted to bump or make high contact.

Woods argued the Weitering push was “not of any significant force” and Lynch had opted to bump.

After just 17 minutes of deliberating, the tribunal of chairman Jeff Gleeson, Scott Stevens and Paul Williams found Lynch had intended to bump De Koning and did so, and it was not caused by the push from Weitering.

The rough conduct charge and “careless” grading were upheld.

Earlier the AFL tribunal upheld North Melbourne defender Jackson Archer’s three-match rough conduct ban over the sickening collision that knocked out Western Bulldogs defender Luke Cleary.

Hawthorn will challenge defender Jack Scrimshaw’s three-match ban for a high hit on Essendon’s Jordan Ridley in Tuesday night’s final hearing.

After 39 minutes of deliberation, Gleeson, Shane Wakelin and Jordan Bannister, upheld Archer’s ban, ruling him out of games against Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney.

Dogs defender Cleary was knocked out when Archer’s knee made contact with his head in a contest in Saturday night’s match at Marvel Stadium.

Play was stopped and Cleary received medical attention before being taken to hospital.

The match review officer graded Archer’s actions as careless conduct, severe impact and high contact, resulting in a three-game suspension.

Cleary, 23, was back at Whitten Oval in good spirits on Monday but will miss the Bulldogs’ match against Collingwood on Friday night under concussion protocols.

North’s defence centred around Cleary’s decision to go to ground to collect the ball.

“I expected him to pick up the ball and stay on his feet,” Archer said, noting players were trained not to go to ground.

Gleeson acknowledged rules encouraged players to keep their feet but this didn’t always happen and “players need to be aware”, saying Archer had “slowed too little and too late”.

North can still take the case to the AFL appeals board but at this stage are unlikely to do so.

Archer said once Cleary’s knee hit the ground, he had slowed down and braced for impact, but AFL lawyer Andrew Woods said he hadn’t taken “reasonable care” to avoid the collision.

North used graphs showing Archer’s “active deceleration” prior to impact and lawyer Justin Graham noted he showed “no indication of ever turning to bump” or “leaving the ground”.

Graham said Cleary also appeared to receive contact in his back/shoulder from Jacob Konstanty, who was behind him.

Melbourne are yet to decide whether they will accept or challenge Aidan Johnson’s one-match suspension for rough conduct on Giants forward Callum Brown.

Sydney have accepted Justin McInerney’s three-match ban for the bump that concussed Brisbane’s Brandon Starcevich.