Bulldogs centre Reimis Smith has been found guilty of a dangerous contact charge at the NRL judiciary and received a one-game suspension.
Smith was hit with a grade one charge for dangerous contact to the head/neck of Dragons winger Mikaele Ravalawa in Monday's match at Bankwest Stadium.
The speedy outside back was facing a one-week ban irrespective of whether he took an early guilty plea or challenged the charge and lost. Only by being found not guilty on Tuesday night could he have been free to face the Roosters this weekend.
In other judiciary news, Gold Coast Sam Lisone and Ash Taylor are free to play this weekend after taking early guilty pleas.
Lisone was charged with grade-one dangerous contact to the head/neck for a tackle on Adam Doueihi in the 15th minute while Taylor received the same charge for an incident involving Luke Garner in the 67th minute.
Eels centre Waqa Blake has been fined $550 after taking an ealry guilty plea for a grade one high tackle charge that came out of his side's win over Manly on Saturday night.
Player | Waqa Blake |
Club | Eels |
Time minute of match | 19th |
Charge/Incident | High tackle - careless |
Charge Grade | 1 |
Result - Guilty of Not Guilty | Guilty - Early plea |
Matches to serve | 0 |
Points/Fine Calculation | $550 |
Carry-over Points | N/A |
Misconduct on whom? | Danny Levi |
Player | Sam Lisone |
Club | Titans |
Time minute of match | 15th |
Charge/Incident | Dangerous contact - Head/neck |
Charge Grade | 1 |
Result - Guilty of Not Guilty | Guilty - Early plea |
Matches to serve | 0 |
Points/Fine Calculation | 75 |
Carry-over Points | 75 |
Misconduct on whom? | Adam Doueihi |
Player | Ashley Taylor |
Club | Titans |
Time minute of match | 67th |
Charge/Incident | Dangerous contact - Head/neck |
Charge Grade | 1 |
Result - Guilty of Not Guilty | Guilty - Early plea |
Matches to serve | 0 |
Points/Fine Calculation | 75 |
Carry-over Points | 75 |
Misconduct on whom? | Luke Garner |
Player | Reimis Smith |
Club | Bulldogs |
Time minute of match | 17th |
Charge/Incident | Dangerous contact - Head/Neck |
Charge Grade | 1 |
Result - Guilty of Not Guilty | Guilty at panel |
Matches to serve | 1 |
Points/Fine Calculation | 120+30=150 |
Carry-over Points | 50 |
Misconduct on whom? | Mikaele Ravalawa |