NRL 2024: MRC charges four Roosters players, Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii avoids ban for raised knee

The Roosters’ win over the Warriors has come at a cost with four players charged and one facing suspension.

Luke Keary was one of four Roosters players charged out of Sunday’s win over the Warriors. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has avoided a ban for lifting his knees in a tackle, but the star centre was one of four Roosters charged following their big win over the Warriors, with Sandon Smith the only one set to be suspended.

Suaalii copped a three-match ban last year for raising his knee while carrying the ball forward against the Bulldogs, having also been issued a concerning act notice during the World Cup.

The rugby-bound outside back was cited by the match review committee and slapped with a $1000 fine for a grade 1 dangerous contact charge that left Warriors hooker Wayde Egan with a facial cut.

Warriors star Wayde Egan was bleeding heavily after he was kneed in the head. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

Roosters teammate Angus Crichton is also looking at a $1000 fine after he became the latest player to be charged with tripping, while five-eighth Luke Keary has been offered an $1800 fine for a chicken wing tackle on Shaun Johnson that went unpunished on the field.

Utility Sandon Smith is facing a one-match ban after he was hit with a grade 2 dangerous contact charge for making contact with Dylan Walker’s legs as he put up a kick.

There were three charges in Sunday’s second match between the Titans and Cowboys, with Griffin Neame, Reece Robson and Moeaki Fotuaika offered fines if they take the early guilty plea.