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Aidan Sezer is facing the seventh ban for a Wests Tigers player this season, with he and teammates having already missed 12 games and paid $22,850 in fines.
Wests Tigers' discipline issues have been laid bare with Aidan Sezer facing the club's seventh ban of the season.
Sezer was on Saturday sin-binned for a hip-drop tackle on South Sydney fullback Jye Gray, before being hit with a grade-two dangerous contact charge on Sunday.
He will miss two matches with an early guilty plea, or risk a third match if he fights the charge at the judiciary and fails.
The suspension marks the third time Sezer has been in strife for a hip-drop tackle, after copping a four-game ban for one on Josh Curran in May.
The off-contract half was also charged for a similar offence on Dolphins veteran Jesse Bromwich in round five, and on that occasion escaped with an $1800 fine.
The charge again highlights' the Tigers' discipline woes, as the joint-venture face a battle to avoid a third straight wooden spoon.
Tigers players have now collected 22 separate charges this season, with Sezer accounting for five of those on his own.
Assuming Sezer takes the early guilty plea, it will take the tally of games missed by Tigers players this year through suspension to 14 matches.
Tigers players have also paid up $22,850 in fines.
David Klemmer is another repeat offender with five charges this year, while captain Api Koroisau has collected two along with Alex Seyfarth.
They have also had 15 players sin-binned this year, the most of any team in a single season since St George in 1995.
Meanwhile Melbourne interchange player Joe Chan is also facing a two-game ban for a high tackle on Victor Radley.
Chan was also charged with dangerous contact on Dom Young in the Storm's win over the Sydney Roosters, and can accept an $1800 fine.
Roosters star Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii was also charged for a knee lift in his return match from a four-game ban, and can also accept an $1800 fine.
WESTS TIGERS 2024 JUDICIARY CHARGES:
* Aidan Sezer: high tackle, $1000 fine
* Api Koroisau: dangerous contact, $1000 fine
* Stefano Utoikamanu: high tackle, $1000 fine
* Lachlan Galvin: dangerous contact, two-game ban
* Aidan Sezer: dangerous contact, $1800 fine
* Justin Matamua: dangerous contact, $1000 fine
* David Klemmer: high tackle, $1000 fine
* David Klemmer: high tackle, $1000 fine
* Aidan Sezer: dangerous contact, $3000 fine
* Aidan Sezer: dangerous contact, four-game ban
* David Klemmer: contrary conduct, $3000 fine
* Alex Seyfarth: striking, $1500 fine
* Isaiah Papali'i: tripping, one-game ban
* Alex Seyfarth: high tackle, $1800 fine
* Brent Naden: dangerous contact, one-game ban
* Justin Olam: dangerous contact, one-game ban
* David Klemmer: dangerous contact, three-game ban
* Adam Doueihi: dangerous contact, $750 fine
* John Bateman: dangerous contact, $1000 fine
* David Klemmer: high tackle, $3000 fine
* Api Koroisau: dangerous contact, $1000 fine
* Aidan Sezer: dangerous contact, two-game ban (TBC).
