Michael Jennings facing two-game ban as Roosters, Manly coaches divided over high tackle
Roosters veteran Michael Jennings looks set to miss the next two matches after a controversial high tackle on Manly winger Jason Saab in Saturday night's clash.
The 36-year-old was penalised and placed on report for the incident in the first half, which saw Saab leave the field for a HIA and fail to return.
Jennings has been hit with a grade two careless high tackle charge and will miss a fortnight with an early guilty plea.
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Should he fight the charge and lose, the centre will miss three matches.
Michael Jennings was charged for this high tackle on Jason Saab. Fox League
Anthony Seibold was filthy with the decision to not send Jennings to the sin bin, especially given the Sea Eagles lost one of their strike weapons in the 34-30 defeat.
"Definitely ... the Roosters bloke gets put on report but that doesn't help us," he said.
"We don't get any benefit from just getting the penalty. It's foul play, we lose a player, I thought that would be a sin bin but it wasn't tonight for whatever reason."
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Opposition coach Trent Robinson wasn't so sure about the severity of the incident.
"I don't think so at all, to be honest. I think that was minimal," he said.
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"It's not good what happened to Jason, but it looked pretty minimal and accidental. It hit him in the right spot and then slid ... but anyway that'll be up to someone else."
Stemming from the same match, Sitili Tupouniua and Corey Waddell were both charged by the match review committee, but will escape with fines.
Kurtis Morrin will be fined $3000 for an incident in Canterbury's win over Brisbane, but could miss two matches if he fights the charge and loses.
