SYDNEY star Luke Parker has earned a reprieve from Match Review Officer Michael Christian, slapped with a $2000 fine for his high bump on Matt Buntine.

Parker left the ground before collecting Buntine high, but the bump was only graded by Christian as careless conduct with low impact to the head.

He will subsequently be free to take on Hawthorn next week, though has also been fined a further $1000 for making careless contact with umpire Jacob Mollison.

"The momentum he built wasn't great," Christian said.

"But there's no doubt we didn't like the action, jumping off the ground and making impact with his shoulder to Buntine's head."

His monetary punishments came on a weekend where no players were suspended, but where a total of 16 separate incidents were cited and penalised with fines total $26,500.

Luke Parker and Matt Buntine were involved in an incident in the first quarter.#AFLGiantsSwans pic.twitter.com/rqXxb7nvpT — AFL.com.au (@AFLcomau) August 18, 2018

Melbourne's Aaron vandenBerg was fined $2000 for his elbow to Willie Rioli, which was graded careless conduct, with low impact to the head.

Meanwhile, Carlton defender Jed Lamb was hit with a $2000 fine for striking Western Bulldogs star Marcus Bontempelli in the back at a crucial stage of the game. Dale Thomas earned a $2000 misconduct fine after appearing to headbutt Brad Lynch moments later.

Port Adelaide forward Steven Motlop also earned a $2500 fine for striking Brayden Maynard in an incident that earned Collingwood a 50m penalty.

Christian also reiterated his belief that the threat of being fined was enough to warn players off striking opponents.

That's despite seven players being fined for striking over the weekend.

"I think it's something we've got to be really vigilant on," Christian said.

"It's often different players that are falling foul. I think most of us understand it's an emotional game, it's a combative game. You're trying to get one-upmanship on your opponent – and it does happen – but we're trying to stamp it out.

"We feel at this particular point, this is the way to do that."

Here are the 16 incidents cited over the weekend: