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Sydney Roosters second- rower Angus Crichton has been charged with a crusher tackle, with his potential ban ballooning out to up to four NRL matches.
Angus Crichton's horror run at the NRL judiciary continues with the Sydney Roosters second-rower staring at up to four games on the sideline for a crusher tackle.
Crichton was handed his fourth charge of the year on Sunday for a crusher tackle on Penrith's Liam Martin, with weighting from prior offences set to cost him.
While the base charge for the tackle could usually see Crichton escape with a one-game ban, that has ballooned out to three for the second-rower.
If he was to challenge the grade-once charge at the judiciary and lose, that suspension would then become four matches ruling him out for the rest of the regular season.
It comes after a ban already cost Crichton his spot in the State of Origin series opener for NSW after losing a dangerous contact case at the judiciary.
Meanwhile Cricthon isn't the only repeat offender facing trouble.
Penrith hooker Api Koroisau is facing another ban after his third charge in five games for the Panthers.
Koroisau has been hit with a grade-one contrary conduct charge, after he ran in and shoved Jared Waerea-Hargreaves at the start of a melee in Saturday's win.
The incident arose in Koroisau's first match back from a two-game ban for breaching the bubble during NSW State of Origin, which also earned him a $50,000 fine.
Koroisau could ordinarily have taken another fine for Saturday's incident, but two prior offences in the past two months have cost him that option
Koroisau isn't the Panthers' only problem.
Kurt Capewell is also looking at missing Friday's clash with St George Illawarra after being charged with dangerous contact.
Both Capwell and Koroisau will at least have a free shot at beating their charges at the NRL judiciary, with no risk of the ban blowing out to a second match.
Elsewhere Warriors prop Kane Evans is facing a one-match ban for his brain snap against Will Chambers.
Evans picked up three charges out of the Warriors' win over Cronulla, but can take fines for two of those.
But his two punches on Chambers in the first half attracted a grade-two charge, resulting in a one-game ban.
If he challenges it at the judiciary and loses, that ban will extend into a second game.
Warriors winger Dallin Waetene-Zelezniak is also staring down the barrel of a one-match ban after his knee landed on Chambers' head as he fought to stand up after a tackle.
Manly prop Toafofoa Sipley is also facing a one-game ban for a crusher tackle in his side's loss to Melbourne.