Carlton's Nic Newman could expect to be scrutinised by the Match Review Officer (MRO) for his late bump on Melbourne's Alex Neal-Bullen during Thursday's one-point victory at the MCG.

During the third term, Newman is seen leaving the ground and bumping Neal-Bullen slightly after he disposed of the ball, which the adjudicating umpire penalised him for.

Working in the Blues' favour is that the Demon running machine showed no signs of injury and played out the remainder of the match, with the MRO's grading of 'impact' to be the determining factor in deeming whether or not it is a reportable offence.

However, the AFL and MRO have claimed to consider banning the act and not the outcome, meaning Newman could expect to be offered a week on the sidelines.

Apart from the lack of injury to Neal-Bullen, the 31-year-old's bump is the perfect example of what the AFL is attempting to stamp out: leaving the ground, the ball disposed of by the opposing player and making contact with the head with the shoulder slightly after the contest.

Former Melbourne midfielder James Harmes received a week's suspension last year for his ill-timed bump on Carlton wingman Matthew Cottrell.

The MRO graded the rough conduct charge as careless conduct, medium impact and high contact, drawing a one-match ban.

Earlier this year, the Demons failed to overturn dynamic forward Kysaiah Pickett's high bump on Adelaide's Jake Soligo during Gather Round.

Pickett jumped off the ground and made contact with Soligo's head, with the "potential to cause injury" a key factor in upholding the 'medium' impact grading and, subsequently, the ban.

Tribunal chair Jeff Gleeson said at the time: "The contact had the potential to cause injury. A concussion or facial injury was a realistically possible outcome."

The MRO findings from Thursday's game will come out on Friday.