Storm’s Vunivalu facing one-game NRL ban

Melbourne winger Suliasi Vunivalu could miss one match after being charged by the NRL match review panel.

The Fijian flyer has been handed a grade one dangerous contact charge after a tackle on Gold Coast’s Phillip Sami during the Storm’s 38-18 win over the Titans on Sunday.

The incident occurred in the 41st minute of the Storm’s big win at Cbus Super Stadium.

Vunivalu will miss Saturday’s clash with Manly with either an early guilty plea or if he fights the charge and loses.

Titans back Brenko Lee – for a tackle on Vunivalu – and the Storm’s Joe Stimson were also hit with grade one dangerous contact charges from the round 18 clash.

Both, however, can avoid a ban with early guilty pleas due to not having Vunivalu’s 50 per cent loading for prior similar offences in the past two years.

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