SITALEKI Akauola looks set to miss Saturday’s Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium after being handed a ban by the RFL.
The Tongan prop has picked up a one-match penalty notice for Grade A dangerous contact during Friday’s 28-18 defeat at Castleford Tigers.
Akauola is adjudged to have "forcefully twisted, bent or otherwise applied pressure" to the legs of Tigers forward Mitch Clark in the 75th minute at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle.
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It is unclear as to whether The Wire can – or will – appeal the ruling, but as it stands the 26-year-old will be forced to sit out the clash with Catalans Dragons.
Akauola has already served two separate bans this season.
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