MANLY forward Addin Fonua-Blake has received a one-match NRL ban for a high shot on Melbourne star Cooper Cronk.
Fonua-Blake will miss Sunday’s clash with the Sydney Roosters if he pleads guilty to a careless high tackle charge, but will risk a two-match ban if he contests it.
Fonua-Blake felled Cronk with the tackle in the first half of the Storm’s 40-6 win in Melbourne on Sunday.
The bench prop’s absence would be a blow to a seventh-placed Sea Eagles side aiming to avoid their third-straight loss.
Meanwhile, polarising Eels forward Kenny Edwards has been fined for a shot on Jonus Pearson that drew criticism from across the game.
Lying on the ground after copping a high shot, Pearson was defenceless as Edwards dropped on him with a cocked arm.
Despite calls for a harsher penalty, Edwards was charged with grade one contrary conduct and copped an $ 1100 fine after taking the early guilty plea.
Live stream the 2017 NRL Telstra Premiership on FOX SPORTS. Get your free 2-week FOXTEL NOW trial and start watching in minutes. SIGN UP NOW>
Eel’s grub shot let go by ref1:15
NRL: – Eels player Nathan Brown swinging arm collects Broncos young gun Jonus Pearson around the face. Kenny Edwards then throws his shoulder into the head of Pearson while lying on the ground.
Originally published as Fonua-Blake facing ban, Edwards cops fine
Sport | news.com.au — Australia’s #1 news site
