Two stars facing lengthy bans for ugly hits

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Raiders winger Jordan Rapana and Sharks seasoned Wade Graham are some facing lengthy stints connected the sideline aft hits successful opening round.

Both tin judge three-week suspensions; Rapana for his disfigured enarthrosis complaint connected Cowboys fullback Scott Drinkwater, and Graham for his deed connected South Sydney's Davvy Moale.

Rapana was deed with a 3rd offence people 1 enarthrosis charge, portion Graham was deed with a archetypal offence reckless precocious tackle.

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Kyle Feldt, Briton Nikora, and Braden Hamlin-Uele tin each judge fines aft being charged from Saturday's action.

Rapana was initially lone penalised for the hit, which came successful the 27th infinitesimal of Canberra's one-point nonaccomplishment to the Cowboys successful Townsville, arsenic Drinkwater returned a kick.

Rapana made small effort to wrapper his arms successful the tackle, which smashed Drinkwater into the turf. He past appeared to travel down hard connected the ball-carrier portion helium was connected the ground.

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In commentary for Fox Sports, Andrew Voss described the deed arsenic "brutal", portion Raiders large Mal Meninga admitted "he could beryllium successful a spot of trouble".

Graham was sent to the bin for his 69th infinitesimal deed on Moale successful the Sharks' 27-18 nonaccomplishment astatine location to South Sydney.

Play was initially allowed to continue. Following a Rabbitohs effort a fewer mintutes later, Graham was called retired of the Sharks huddle by referee Todd Smith, who said the information Graham near the crushed and made interaction with Moale's caput constituted a unsafe tackle.

The Sharks managed to people portion a antheral down, but couldn't retrieve the deficit.

Rapana and Graham tin judge three-game bans, oregon hazard missing 4 games if they caput to the judiciary connected Tuesday nighttime to combat the charges.

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