Adelaide's Douglas collected Ward with a heavy off-the-ball hit that left the Giant concussed and unable to see out the match.
The midfielder has been denied an early guilty plea and will wait to learn his fate at a tribunal hearing on Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, Fremantle forward Hayden Ballantyne was offered reprimands for two separate incidents involving Sydney's Rhyce Shaw.
If he accepts both striking charges then that will equate to a one-week suspension.
West Coast skipper Darren Glass, North Melbourne defender Scott Thompson, GWS midfielder Toby Greene and St Kilda forward Adam Schneider can all accept one-week suspensions.
Western Bulldogs midfielder Koby Stevens had his matchday report thrown out.