The ferocious opening round of the AFL Women's competition has resulted in three players being given one-match suspensions.

Melbourne's Richelle Cranston, Fremantle defender Ebony Antonio and Western Bulldog Kirsty Lamb will have their season cut slightly shorter, having accepted the bans offered by the match review panel by making early guilty pleas.

All three players risked two-game suspensions had they challenged the bans at the tribunal.

The trio on Monday came under the scrutiny of the match review panel set up to oversee the women's season.