Under-pressure Parramatta have breathed a sigh of relief after prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard avoided suspension despite being placed on report twice during the loss to Canberra.
Campbell-Gillard laid two high tackles in the final five minutes of the Eels’ 41-8 loss on Sunday evening as frustrations boiled over.
The State of Origin prop appeared at risk of suspension for the first of those, which saw him make shoulder-to-head contact with Raiders utility Simi Sasagi.
The 14th-placed Eels could ill have afforded to lose Campbell-Gillard given their ongoing struggles without injured halfback Mitch Moses.
Parramatta have lost both games since Moses fractured his foot and may have to contend without him for as many as six more weeks.
But on Monday the match review committee handed Campbell-Gillard only a grade-one careless high tackle charge, meaning he can escape suspension with a $1800 fine.
He dodged scrutiny for his second high shot on Xavier Savage in the final minute of the game and will line up against North Queensland this Saturday.
Out-of-favour Melbourne prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona and Warriors back-up hooker Freddy Lussick are expected to face suspensions over incidents in the NSW Cup at the weekend.
Asofa-Solomona went to the sin bin for hitting Brent Naden high in North Sydney’s 42-16 win on Sunday, having earlier been placed on report for a cannonball tackle.
Any ban would be a blow to the prop, who has been linked with a move to St George Illawarra amid his fight to regain a first-grade spot.
Lussick, meanwhile, was sent off in the final minutes on Saturday following a brawl between the Warriors and South Sydney in the Rabbitohs’ 26-20 win.
The New South Wales Rugby League is set to confirm any sanctions for the pair by Monday evening.
Elsewhere, Sydney Roosters winger Dom Young has entered an early guilty plea for his high shot on Canterbury’s Blake Taaffe and will miss upcoming games against Newcastle and Melbourne.
