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Sydney Roosters flyer Dom Young is set to be sidelined for at least two games after the NRL charged him over his high shot on Canterbury's Blake Taaffe.
Sent off for the hit in the first half of the Roosters' 30-26 loss to the Bulldogs on Friday night, Young suffered more bad news on Saturday when handed a grade-three charge by the match review committee.
The winger will miss two games if he pleads guilty, and would risk a third match on the sideline if he contests the charge and loses.
The ban means Young misses a first clash with his former club Newcastle on April 11, as well as the blockbuster against Melbourne the following week.
The Roosters are already without captain and fullback James Tedesco and halfback Sam Walker for the Knights clash, after both suffered concussions against Canterbury.
Dominic Young of the Roosters is sent off by referee Grant Atkins after a high tackle on Blake Taaffe of the Bulldogs
Bulldogs players were furious at the high shot, with Young's ripped jersey summing up their mood
While Young's charge is bad news for the Roosters, it will be the NRL's decision not to sanction lock Victor Radley that may frustrate them even more.
Radley was sin-binned for a hip-drop tackle on Stephen Crichton when the surging Roosters were down 30-20 with eight minutes left in the match.
Replays showed it did not meet the usual indicators of a hip-drop tackle, and it is understood the match review committee deemed it accidental and not careless.
Connor Watson's involvement was also considered, given he played a significant part in how the tackle ended.
The Roosters continued their comeback with Radley off the field, getting back to 30-26, but eventually fell short with only 11 men left on the ground.
Afterwards, Roosters coach Trent Robinson hit out at the decision by the bunker to sin-bin Radley.
The [Radley] one was ridiculous,' he said.
Roosters coach Trent Robinson lashed out the crucial decision to sin-bin Victor Radley for a hip drop late in the contest
'Connor is the one that tackles [Crichton] from behind and twists his ankle, and then [Radley] falls on that ankle.
'How they got there, to that decision, that's incredible. That was below par.'
Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo admitted he thought the decision to sin-bin Radley was 'harsh'.
'Accidents happen. And we've been on the other end of them a few times,' he said.
'So I've got sympathy for a bloke who gets sent to the sin bin for hip drops.'
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