Brisbane veteran Corey Parker says he hopes common sense will prevail and retiring captain Justin Hodges is free to play in Sunday’s NRL grand final in Sydney.

Hodges will fight a grade-one dangerous throw charge at the judiciary on Tuesday night that threatens to rule him out of the season decider.

Parker said the Hodges judiciary drama was not a distraction for the team ahead of their first grand final since 2006 and was quietly confident Hodges would get a chance at a fairy-tale farewell.

“Hopefully common sense prevails when we go down there, fingers crossed he’s ok,” Parker said.