Jordan Rapana is staring down the barrel of a three-game ban for a brutal shoulder charge as a teammate rushes to his aid to declare the Canberra Raiders winger is not "a grub".
Rapana was lucky to stay on the field after a 28th minute shoulder charge on North Queensland's Dally M contender Scott Drinkwater during the Raiders' agonising one-point loss in Townsville on Saturday.
But Rapana's luck might have run out with his third offence leaving him facing a three-game ban with an early guilty plea. The 33-year-old would be suspended for four matches should he fight the charge and lose.