Sydney Roosters veteran Jared Waerea-Hargreaves looks to have guaranteed himself an NRL farewell game by taking the early guilty plea for his high tackle on Gold Coast's Sam Verrills.
The Super League-bound prop's judiciary record meant he received a three-match ban for the tackle that landed him in the sin bin during Sunday's 48-22 win, his first game back from another ban.
Had Waerea-Hargreaves unsuccessfully fought the charge, as he did his last suspension, the ban would have increased to four games and extended to the Roosters' second game of the NRL finals.
The Roosters are all but guaranteed to finish in the top four given their superior for-and-against and favourable run home in the final two rounds of the regular season.
That means Easts are set to play at least two finals games, with Waerea-Hargreaves' early guilty plea confirming he will be free for the second of those.
The game could be the last in the red, white and blue for the 35-year-old, who broke the record for the most Roosters games earlier this season. He will join Hull KR next year.
Elsewhere, Cronulla centre Jesse Ramien has accepted a one-game ban for his high tackle on St George Illawarra's Mat Feagai and will miss Saturday's clash with the Warriors.