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Whitehead's NRL career looks over after hip-drop charge

Canberra skipper Elliott Whitehead is facing a three- or four-game ban for a hip-drop tackle. (Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS)

Canberra are weighing up whether to launch a last-ditch attempt to save Elliott Whitehead's NRL career at the judiciary, after he was handed a four-match ban for his hip-drop tackle on Brandon Smith.

Just a day after fellow Raiders veteran Jordan Rapana's NRL career was ended by a fractured cheekbone, Whitehead was handed three separate charges following Monday's match review.

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