He took no further part in the match.
The Match Review Officer assessed the incident as careless conduct, medium impact and high contact.
Tom Bellchambers, Mason Redman and Dylan Clarke all escaped with fines.
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Jeremy McGovern has been suspended for his shove that injured Essendon’s Matt Guelfi.
Guelfi was taken to hospital in a taxi to be checked over due to rib and abdominal pain.
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Jeremy McGovern has been placed on report for this incident with Matt Guelfi.#AFLEaglesDons pic.twitter.com/SUcIIz7BRw
— AFL (@AFL) June 20, 2019