Star winger Suliasi Vunivalu will miss Melbourne’s trip to North Queensland unless he can beat a dangerous contact charge at the NRL judiciary.
Vunivalu was on Monday charge with a grade-two offence for a leg pull on Canterbury fullback Nick Meaney early in Sunday’s narrow win over the Bulldogs.
Meaney got up gingerly but the incident was not penalised by on-field officials, before Vunivalu was picked up by the match review committee.
The Fijian will miss just one match if he pleads guilty to the charge but would risk sitting out the Storm’s grand final rematch against the Sydney Roosters in round six if he contests it at the judiciary and loses.
Meanwhile, Canterbury forward Ofahiki Ogden was charged for dangerous contact on Storm centre Will Chambers but will escape suspension with a guilty plea.