Tenace was charged with throwing or pushing St Albans’ Danny Nicholls after he had taken a mark, disposed of the football or after the football was out of play.

Player advocate Tim Dobbyn argued that the match report filled out after the final siren didn’t include the specific details required under AFL Barwon rules.

The report mentioned that St Albans had asked for a review of an incident during the eight to 10 minute mark of the last quarter during their clash with the Saints on Saturday.

However St Mary’s argued the tribunal could not be 100 per cent certain the footage shown was the one the match review panel was asked to look at because it happened outside the requested time frame and the report did not mention any specific player names.

The three-man tribunal featuring chairman Phil Swindells, Rob Sodomaco and Peter Lewis turfed the case after five minutes of deliberation.

It sets a precedent that the tribunal will throw out any match review panel case that doesn’t have the paperwork filled out correctly.

Leopold’s Tom Ruggles escaped earlier this year for a similar error in the paperwork.

A “very happy” St Mary’s football manager Scott Hosking said it was crucial AFL Barwon got the match review system right.

“I just think AFL Barwon now have to get their ducks lined up if they are going to go down this track and get this sort of stuff done and done properly,” Hosking said.

“At the end of the day everybody has to get it right.

“There needs to be a little bit more thought that goes into the whole process so people like Kane don’t have to go through this at the end of the day.

“There has to be a process whether its 24 hours after the game that gives clubs a little bit of time, the umpires a little bit of time to go through it. I think straight after the game everybody is a bit emotional, a bit up and about.

“I just don’t think it’s (straight after the game) the right time to do it (ask for reviews).”