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Watts free to play after report thrown out, while Hawthorn forward suspended by VFL MRP

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Melbourne's Jack Watts is available for senior selection after his report was thrown out by the VFL Match Review Panel.

Watts was reported for charging on Saturday, after a bump on Williamstown's Nicholas Sing, while he was in the air, while playing for Casey at Casey Fields.

However, the MRP deemed there to be insufficient force to warrant a report and dismissed the report on Monday.

After being omitted from the senior side following the Demons' 35 point loss to the Giants, Watts has played the last two games in the VFL.

He had 22 disposals and kicked a goal in the side's 37-point win over the Northern Blues last week and had 20 disposals and booted one major in Casey's 24-point win over Williamstown on Saturday afternoon.

Meanwhile the news is not so good for Hawthorn forward Ty Vickery. With the Hawks' AFL season all over after their loss to the Blues on the weekend, Vickery will not play senior football again this year, after he was hit with a one-match suspension by the VFL.

It means his season will end on just six AFL games, the fewest in his nine years in the system.

Vickery has kicked just two goals and averaged 10.2 disposals and 9.7 hitouts at AFL level for Hawthorn since joining the club from the Tigers at the end of last season.

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