Injury prompts Raiders skipper's 'no contest' two-week ban

Elliott Whitehead will miss at least two weeks. Picture by Keegan Carroll

The Canberra Times

Injury and the NRL's risky judiciary system has prompted Elliott Whitehead to enter a "no contest" plea to a dangerous contact charge, resulting in him being banned for two weeks.

Whitehead was slapped with two charges after the loss to Manly last weekend - a grade one dangerous contact charge and a grade one careless high tackle.

He opted to accept a two-game suspension instead of paying the $3000 fine for one of the charges following his hit on Josh Schuster.

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