Cronulla's Teig Wilton, who scored a late try that helped the Sharks defeat Parramatta, is facing an NRL ban for attacking the legs of Mitch Moses.
About 12 hours after his 79th-minute try in the 18-16 win over the Eels, Wilton was charged on Sunday morning for dangerous contact on a kicking Moses.
The Sharks second-rower will cop a one-game ban with an early guilty plea, while the suspension will double to two weeks if he fights it and loses.
Moses was in the air when tackled after kicking, with the Parramatta halfback battling a cork in his quad.
The ban adds to Cronulla's back-row challenges, with Wade Graham still not due back from an ankle injury.
Elsewhere, the NRL's discrepancies between the men's and women's game have been highlighted with different punishments for crusher tackles.
While North Queensland's Tom Gilbert can accept a fine for a grade-one crusher on Canberra winger Semi Valemei, Gold Coast women's star Georgia Hale will be banned for the exact same offence.
The NRL changed judiciary rules just hours before the kick-off of the men's season, allowing for a fine for grade-one crusher tackles rather than 150 demerit points being incurred.
However, by that point the women's season had already begun, with the NRL not wanting to change the rules two weeks in.
It means Hale will miss the Titans' last-round clash with Newcastle with an early guilty plea, while she would also miss the semi-finals if she fights the charge and is unsuccessful.
The women's season also operates on slightly different rules to the men's, with warnings rather than fines for minor offences and proportionate bans for the shorter season.
