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Round 11 charges: Packer facing ban for crusher tackle – NRL.COM
All the official charges from the match review committee for round 11 of the Telstra Premiership.
Wests Tigers prop Russell Packer is facing a one-match ban after being charged over a crusher-style tackle in the loss to Parramatta on Thursday night.
The Kiwi international was charged with grade-one dangerous contact to the head/neck over an incident in the 24th minute in a tackle on Eels skipper Clint Gutherson.
Packer will be banned for one game irrespective of whether he submits an early guilty plea or challenges the judiciary.
Earlier this season, Packer pleaded guilty to a grade-three…
