Canterbury Bulldogs skipper Stephen Crichton is set to be unavailable for next weekend as he faces a suspension for a Careless High Tackle on Roger Tuivasa-Sheck.
The Match Review Committee (MRC) has charged Crichton with a Grade 2 Careless High Tackle and imposed a one-match suspension if he accepts an early guilty plea.
Crichton knocked out Tuivasa-Sheck with a no-arms high tackle, which saw the Warriors centre's night come to an end after he was ruled out for failing his HIA.
If he contests the charge and is found guilty by the judiciary, his suspension will be increased to two matches, and he will be unavailable for the club's final two matches of the season against the Manly Sea Eagles and North Queensland Cowboys.
According toย The Daily Telegraph,ย Liam Kennedy - the Bunker official who decided not to send Crichton to the sin-bin - is set to be stood down by the NRL, with both Andrew Abdo and Graeme Annesley unhappy that he wasn't sent from the field.
It is understood that referee Wyatt Raymond also may not be off the hook for his role in the decision.
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New Zealand Warriors duo Addin Fonua-Blake and Jazz Tevage were also charged from the match and are facing fines of $1000-1500 for Dangerous Contact on Connor Tracey and Samuel Hughes, respectively.
In the other match on Friday night between the Brisbane Broncos and Parramatta Eels, Brendan Piakura and Reagan Campbell-Gillard have been charged with a Grade 1 Dangerous Contact but only face fines.
1. I despites the bulldogs.
2. Olakau’atu’s hit was worse, yet is a lower charge.
3. NRL’s obvious bias against the bulldogs shits me to tears – their actions are pushing life long fans AWAY from the game we love.
4. Crichton shoulder hit Preston first, had his hand on the ball, and RTS rans his head into Crichton.
5. If my team did the same, it would be waived, or a penalty at worse.
6. Abdo is a politician in the making, Annesley is an ex politician by memory, both act in a manner that suggests their arse is the ONLY thing they care about.
7. Multiple hits on Sexton alone in that game should have been pulled up and at least penalised, yet were not.
8. The Wah Wah Whingers were milking all effin night and not once called up on it!
9. I hope the bulldogs win this years competition now my team is realistically out of contention, just so their fans can shove it in the face of the fans fo other clubs, the biased media and NRL.
10. The media’s behaviour towards the bulldogs is largely deplorable and why I cancelled multiple subscriptions, have ad blockers on every site that show a bias of any kind, and actively avoid some entirely.