Tom Starling faces a week suspension for a dangerous hit in Raiders' win over Warriors.
Canberra Raiders hooker Tom Starling is facing a week on the sidelines for a dangerous hit during Sunday afternoon's win over the New Zealand Warriors in Auckland, but could well count himself lucky the penalty isn't greater.
In the closing minutes of Sunday afternoon's game, Starling left his feet in attempting to shut down Warriors half Chanel Harris-Tavita.
A captain's challenge on the incident only confirmed that Starling was going to be sent to the sin bin despite the pleas of captain Joseph Tapine, who was also placed on report twice during the game, and has subsequently been charged once.