HAWTHORN’s Head of Coaching and Development Chris Fagan says the Club opted not to challenge Shaun Burgoyne’s two week suspension because it deemed it to be “too risky”.

Burgoyne was cited by the Match Review Panel on Monday for a high bump on Port Adelaide’s Tom Logan in the third quarter of Saturday’s win and subsequently offered a two-week ban.

The Hawks utility is one of Hawthorn’s most important players, with his ability to play in a variety of roles one of his biggest strengths, along with his elite foot skills and vision in traffic.

Fagan says the Club wasn’t sure it could overturn the ban at the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday night, and therefore opted to accept the sanction.

“The main reason was that we just thought it was too risky,” he told hawthornfc.com.au

“He’s a really important player to us and we’d rather have him out for two weeks than three.

“We just weren’t 100 per cent confident that we could get him off.”

Burgoyne will miss Saturday’s clash against Western Bulldogs and the Round 18 blockbuster against Essendon at Etihad Stadium the week following.

The incident was assessed as negligent conduct (one point), high impact (three points) and high contact (two points) drawing a classification of a level three offence and 325 demerit points.

It was a three-match sanction reduced to two games with the early plea, reducing the points by 25 per cent to 243.75.

Jordan Lewis also accepted his sanction on Tuesday morning, meaning he is free to play against the Bulldogs in Tasmania on Saturday.

Lewis accepted a reprimand for his strike on Chad Wingard and will have 93.75 carry-over points.