Sharks winger Sione Katoa and Manly forward Josh Aloiai have both learned their fate over incidents which were put on report on Saturday.
Both Katoa and Aloiai will miss one match with early pleas, or two games if they challenge the charges and lose.
Katoa was cited for a high tackle on Souths skipper Cam Murray, while Aloiai was placed on report after making dangerous contact to the legs of Warriors half Shaun Johnson as he was in the process of kicking.
That penalty gave the Warriors a game-tying penalty goal which forced golden point.
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Katoa’s hit just before half time caused Murray to leave the field for a HIA, which he subsequently failed.
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PAPY CHARGED OVER UGLY HIP DROP
Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen has avoided suspension after bringing down Bulldogs winger Josh Addo-Carr with a textbook hip-drop tackle on Friday night.
On Saturday morning, Papenhuyzen was hit with a $750 fine with an early guilty plea for the tackle on Addo-Carr in the 32nd minute, which went undetected at the time. Rookie NRL referee Wyatt Raymond likely missed it because Addo-Carr immediately bounced back to his feet.
Replays make for ugly viewing and similar tackles have seen NRL players suspended for several weeks in recent years.
“Ryan Papenhuyzen got this very, very wrong on Josh Addo-Carr,” Fox League expert Yvonne Sampson said.
Mick Ennis responded: “It’s so hard, he’s coming across, there’s no malice in that at all.
“He’s trying to save the try there because had Addo-Carr got on his outside (he would have scored). He just loses his legs, lands on the back of his leg, it’s a hip-drop.
“It got tipped in from the Bunker and there might be some questions for Papenhuyzen to answer and it will be disappointing for Melbourne (if he’s suspended).”
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James Graham joked he’d never know what it’s like to run as quickly as Papenhuyzen did in defence, but agreed it was a hip-drop tackle.
He also referenced a tackle from Victor Radley last weekend that was nowhere near as bad but saw the Roosters lock binned.
“I don’t know what it’s like to experience running that quickly, but it is a hip-drop,” Graham said.
“And I know (Roosters) coach Trent Robinson, and Victor Radley, will be watching this and going ‘well what happened last week’.
“The reason Papenhuyzen doesn’t go to the bin here is Josh Addo-Carr, that he gets straight back up.”
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