NORTH Melbourne rookie Majak Daw has been cleared of a rough conduct charge after a marathon VFL tribunal hearing on Wednesday night.

The 21-year-old was booked in the fourth term of Saturday's Werribee-Box Hill VFL match following an all-night battle with former Kangaroos teammate Daniel Pratt.

The three-man VFL tribunal panel watched vision of the clash from side-on and behind the goals, which showed Daw and Pratt in a contest. However, it was hard to see whether Daw had eyes for the ball or the man.

The League has refused to publically release the vision.

"As the ball got kicked I had a genuine attempt to go for the mark, I was running at the ball," Daw told the tribunal.

"He was cutting in front of me, I could see player Pratt's number in the position I was.

"And when the ball dropped short I was in one motion, I couldn't change the way I was going to go."

Umpire Brendan Hosking told the tribunal he deemed the contact as "late and unnecessary."

"You can see from the video there is daylight between the players when the ball does get to the contest," Hosking said.

"The sole intention was on the player trying to take the mark, which was Pratt.

"There was no time when Majak's arms were in the air to mark the ball."

Hosking conceded there had been clear confrontation between Pratt and Daw throughout the match.

"There were a few incidents during the game," he told the tribunal before being shut down by the VFL advocate.

Daw is the first Sudanese born player to be drafted by an AFL club. He is an AFL multi-cultural ambassador.

The Kangaroos selected the ruckman with the ninth pick in the 2009 rookie draft.

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