Panthers superstar Nathan Cleary has been slapped with a Grade 3 charge for a dangerous throw, and will be sidelined for five weeks after taking the early guilty plea.
The Penrith superstar will return for the first week of finals.
Cleary made a public apology late Friday night after dumping Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown, and being sent from the field in the first half of Penrith’s defeat to Parramatta.
Cleary wrapped one arm around Brown’s waist and the other around a leg as he lifted him beyond the horizontal.
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“Oh my goodness there is a problem,” Fox League commentator Dan Ginnane said.
“That’s Dylan Brown that was flipped over like an omelette.
“That is a horrible tackle… thank goodness Brown is OK.”
