NRL judiciary AS IT HAPPENED: Nelson Asofa-Solomona unsuccessful at the judiciary, banned from grand final; Roosters doctor peppered during judiciary hearing

Thanks for joining us in the judiciary blog tonight.

Disappointing result for the Storm, who will now be without their star enforcer for the decider.

Team lists will be announced at 4pm tomorrow, with all eyes now on who replaces Asofa-Solomona for their clash with Penrith.

"I'm disappointed with the result but we had a fair hearing," Asofa-Solomona said.

"All my energy is gonna go towards my team to get the result. Thank you guys."

The chairman is now explaining the decision from the panel of Simpkins and Lindner.

Holmes' tackle in Origin was "not helpful" given the panel believed it should have been a higher grading.

Devastating setback for big Nelson and a huge blow to Melbourne's hopes this weekend.

His season is over and will now miss five games through suspension.

The grading has been upheld.

Asofa-Solomona will miss the grand final.

We are going back in now for a decision.

This is the moment of truth.

The summary has now finished.

That went for a very, very, very long time.

The panel will now deliberate and then we'll get a decision. The suspense builds.

We're getting a summary of events now.

It's being hammered down that the grand final is "irrelevant" and that this is about the grading, nothing else.

"Treat this like any other case," judiciary chairman Geoff Bellew says.

Ghabar says we need to be objective when it comes to the level of force and risk of injury.

He again brings up Collins' history with head knocks.

He closes by reiterating this should be a grade one tackle as opposed to grade three.

Gyles is rebutting now. Claims that the Holmes tackle resulted in him going backwards and Haas finding his front.

The 20kg difference between them is probably the main reason for that.

The frame-by-frame images of Holmes' tackle is quite damning. He definitely launched off the ground and pushed up into Haas' jaw.

"There was no injury because of sheer luck. This contact was more forceful and an increased lack of care and an almost deliberate decision not to wrap."

Simpkins and Lindner have good poker faces. Neither man is giving much away despite some pretty valid points from Ghabar.

Circling back to the Holmes/Haas incident from this year's Origin series.

Ghabar explains the size difference between centres and props.

"He decides to tackle without really using his arms. Nanai was able to bend into the contact far more than Holmes."

"Holmes makes direct and forceful contact with the head. You see Haas' head snap back.

"Holmes in this instance is quite clearly making a defensive decision not to use his arms."

Just to circle back, Val was hit with a grade one charge compared to Nelson's grade three.

The replays of Holmes' tackle show him crouch beforehand, but then rise up into contact.

They might be swaying things here. This is why they pay Ghabar the big bucks.