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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.
Canberra Raiders Captain Elliott Whitehead has faced charges from the NRL Match Review committee after their match against Manly on Sunday.
The Raiders have reported that Whitehead has made a decision on the two charges.
He has pleaded no contest to the grade one dangerous contact charge, which will result in him serving a two-match suspension.
Hudson Young, Apisai Koroisau, Nicho Hynes, Tyson Frizell and Tevita Pangai Jr have emerged as the biggest winners for NSW, with the Blues dropping a number of bombshell selections for the State of Origin opener in Adelaide. The make-up of Brad Fittler's squad was confirmed on Monday morning, with all five
NRL
stars to feature in the Blues' squad for the opening game on May 31 in Adelaide.
Pangai's inclusion is arguably the most left-field selection, with the Bulldogs enforcer coming in at the expense of Manly's Jake Trbojevic. Manly star ruled himself out after pulling up sore from his side's thumping win over Canberra on Sunday, having just returned from several weeks out with a calf...