Newcastle prop Kade Snowden is facing a three-week NRL suspension after being charged for a raised knee that left Penrith's Adam Docker with a fractured cheekbone.
The NRL match review committee slapped Snowden with a grade two dangerous contact charge for the third-minute incident at Centrebet Stadium on Sunday.
The two-time NSW representative faces a two-game suspension with an early guilty plea, or three if he contests the charge at the judiciary on Wednesday night and loses.
No on-field action was taken against Snowden, the "dubious knee" angering Panthers coach Ivan Cleary.
"... Our man Adam Docker stayed down having made a tackle, but the play went on and in the end there was no repercussions for it except that he's got a fractured cheekbone," Cleary said post-match.
"I'm not happy about that."
Meanwhile, Panthers forward Mose Masoe could be ruled out of Sunday's clash with Cronulla after being charged for his second-half hit on Knights back-rower Robbie Rochow.
The grade-one careless high tackle charge attracts just 67 points with an early guilty plea, but when coupled with carryover points from an earlier charge it ensures Masoe is facing a one-week suspension.
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