Collingwood has accepted the two match suspension handed to Steele Sidebottom from the Match Review Panel.

Sidebottom was reported by umpire Jordan Bannister during the third quarter of the Magpies’ eventful 80-point loss to Sydney at the SCG on Saturday night.

His high bump on Swans midfielder Dan Hannebery was classed as rough conduct which was careless, with medium contact to the head.

Match Review Panel member and host of Collingwood Media’s ‘The Agenda’ Michael Christian provided an insight into the incident on Monday.

“If a player elects to bump, and bumps an opposition player in the head then there’s obviously an issue,” Christian told co-host Jay Clark.

“Hannebery didn’t go back on the ground, so that will all be taken into account.”

This is not the first time Sidebottom has come under the eye of the Match Review Panel.

The midfielder has a total of three matches suspended in the last two years and was suspended for three matches for a similar bump on St Kilda’s Maverick Weller in 2014.

The result of his past history means Sidebottom could have risked a three-match ban if the club opted to challenge the suspension.

Instead, he will remain on the sidelines for the Magpies’ next two matches against Richmond and St Kilda.