Hawthorn defender James Sicily could find himself as the main focus for Match Review Officer Michael Christian this week after appearing to violently swing a knee at Geelong captain Joel Selwood's head.

Sicily found himself tangled up with Selwood during their Easter Monday clash, appearing to drop a knee into the head of the Cats skipper after he had trouble finding his feet after the tackle.

"Those games, they bring out huge emotions. I obviously wasn't happy at the time with the incident, but it is what it is," Selwood told Talking Footy on Monday night.

The Hawks will have to expect that if Sicily is trialed by the Match Review Panel this week, the vision of the incident won't instill confidence in the team that his actions were inadvertent - in fact, looked quite the opposite.

Both Selwood and Sicily had a conversation after the final siren, however the Geelong premiership player claims he doesn't recall the conversation and his memory of the incident is also cloudy.

"It happened quick to be honest. I'm fine tonight. I'm not, hopefully, going to say anything silly. It's just one of those footy incidents," Selwood added.

โ€œTo be honest the game went so quick, so not too much [of a recollection] until I saw it out the back in the green room. I didnโ€™t look like I was too happy with it."

Sicily's temperament has come under question in the past by his coach Alastair Clarkson, saying he has to work towards controlling his anger during on-field adversity.

"He has some things in his temperament and with being able to push aside the emotions of the game and we still see evidence in stages of games when he just loses it," Clarkson told afl.com.au.

"But if he can manage that temperament, and that's our biggest challenge as coaches, if we can steer him through that, heโ€™s got leadership written all over him. He has star quality written all over him, but he is impulsive and he has a temper. As does his coach, so I have empathy with him."