Canterbury captain James Graham is facing up to five weeks suspension as one of four Bulldogs charged in the wake of their controversial loss to premiers South Sydney.
The Bulldogs pack is set to be decimated with Graham, fellow prop David Klemmer and Sam Kasiano all facing bans while hooker Michael Lichaa can escape suspension with an early guilty plea.
The match review committee on Monday handed down its findings on Friday night’s fiery clash of the 2014 grand finalists, also citing South Sydney star George Burgess.
Graham faces a 1-2 week ban for dangerous contact over his attempted kick charge down which left South Sydney halfback Adam Reynolds with knee ligament damage that will sideline him for four months.
And he stands to get a further 2-3 weeks for contrary conduct over his heated reaction to referee Gerard Sutton when penalised for the Reynolds incident.
Klemmer was also charged with contrary conduct and faces a 2-3 week ban for the spray he gave Sutton over the same crucial incident in the dying moments of the game.
And Kasiano is looking at a 2-3 week ban for making dangerous contact with Issac Luke’s head or neck as the South Sydney hooker was scoring a try just before halftime.
Lichaa received a grade one contrary contact charge.
While four Bulldogs players were cited, teammate Josh Morris escaped sanction with his boot to the head of Luke in the same incident presumably deemed accidental.
Souths stand to lose Burgess for one match after he copped a dangerous contact charge for an incident involving Canterbury forward Josh Jackson.
Sydney Roosters pair Aidan Guerra and Michael Jennings copped charges from their upset loss to Cronulla on Sunday.
Guerra, who looks set to be sidelined anyway with a cheekbone fracture, was charged with a dangerous throw charge on Chris Heighington and will miss one match with an early guilty plea.
Jennings caught Luke Lewis with a high tackle in the dying minutes and can escape a suspension with an early guilty plea.
Canberra winger Jordan Rapana will also be available for selection this week with an early guilty plea to a grade-one high tackle on Jamie Buhrer.
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