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.

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