Warriors' Lisone faces 2 NRL elbow charges

The NRL match review committee has charged Sam Lisone with two dangerous contact charges late in the Warriors' win over Canberra.

Warriors prop Sam Lisone faces a possible two-match ban for raising his elbow on Canberra utility Aidan Sezer twice in as many minutes late in their NRL match on Saturday.

The incidents add further controversy to the Warriors' last-gasp win, given neither incident was penalised and the Raiders conceded field goals at the end of both sets.

Shaun Johnson's second field goal gave the Warriors a one-point win.

Both of Lisone's carries came off kickoffs, with his charge in the 78th minute forcing Sezer to grab his neck before playing on.

However, the second hit-up one minute later ended with Sezer collapsing to the ground and momentarily holding his neck before scrambling back to join the defensive line.

While the on-field referees picked up the incident, the NRL match review committee deemed the contact worthy to charge Lisone for a grade one dangerous contact to the head.

Taking the early guilty plea on both will result in a one-game suspension.

Sezer was also the victim of a late shot in the back from Adam Blair which resulted in the Warriors forward being sin-binned in the 7th minute.

Blair has been issued with a grade one dangerous contact charge but despite prior non-similar offence in the last two years, will be free to play next weekend if he takes the early guilty plea.


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