Sydney midfielder Luke Parker has slammed Tom Bugg's hit on Callum Mills as a "dog act".
Bugg, who is staring at a lengthy suspension, floored Mills with a punch to the face four minutes into Friday night's game, prematurely ending his match. A groggy Mills left the field moments later and headed into the room for a concussion test, which he failed.
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Bugg reported for striking
The AFL Tribunal could be required for the second time in two weeks after Melbourne's Tomas Bugg was reported for striking Sydney's Callum Mills.
While Bugg issued an apology to Mills on national TV, the Swans, who won by 35 points, are privately fuming with some at the club saying it was one of the worst acts they had seen on the field.
Bugg made a beeline for Mills after the match in an attempt to apologise but the Swans wanted little to do with him.
The 24-year-old Demon had his number taken and if the hit is determined to be intentional, high impact and contact to the head, it is likely the Match Review Panel will refer the incident directly to the tribunal.
If so, it will be the second major case in as many weeks for the tribunal, which last week controversially handed Bachar Houli a two-game ban which was upgraded to four on appeal by the league. Bugg will be lucky to escape with anything less.
The incident sparked scuffles immediately after and at the half-time break as the two sides came off the ground. Bugg was on the fringes while his teammates flew the flag.
It's not the first time Bugg has raised the ire of the Swans. In the first round of 2013, he delivered a cutting sledge to Ben McGlynn by asking him "where was his premiership medallion?" McGlynn had missed the Swans' 2012 premiership through injury.
Parker unleashed on Bugg after the Swans' 35-point win.
"It was a pretty dog act, you don't want to see it on the footy field," Parker told Fairfax Media.
"It is what it is, I'm sure he'll cop a bit of time for it.
"Things like that shouldn't happen on the footy field. There's a line and he's gone way over it.
"You don't like to see it, especially to one of our young blokes. It's not tough, it's not the way people should play footy. He'll reflect on that and he'll probably cop his whack for it and we'll move on."
Swans coach John Longmire said Mills, who is renowned for his bravery, told him after the game he was fine.
"But he says he's ok all the time," Longmire said.
Longmire was angry the Swans were left a player short for almost the entire game but stopped short of calling for the introduction of a send-off rule.
"Everyone saw it, the world saw it. We lost a player at the 4:30 mark," Longmire said.
"The process will be as it should be through the AFL. We'll wait and see what happens. We lost a player for 98 per cent of the game, which is disappointing."
Bugg, who made headlines for a provocative tweet to the Western Bulldogs' Jason Johannisen, said he was "embarrassed" by his actions.
"It looks really bad but my genuine intent was not to hurt Callum," Bugg said.
"It was disappointing he couldn't take part the rest of the game. Going forward I hope he's OK.
"I tried to speak to him after the game but I could understand he didn't want to speak to me too much but I hope for him and his family he gets better and he can play next week."
"For me I'll cop the consequences that come my way. The AFL don't tolerate it, I don't tolerate it either."
Veteran Demon Jordan Lewis, who has been involved in his fair share of controversial on field incidents, said Bugg had a bad game after the punch. Bugg was held goalless, finished with six possessions and missed a goal from close range.
"I didn't see the incident but he probably didn't have his best game so you could link the two together," Lewis said.
"I know from experience when you do something like that you tend to think about it all game and you find yourself out of position so it's unfortunate. But he isn't alone, a few blokes had poor performances tonight."
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