Blues star Caleb Clarke will front the SANZAAR judiciary in the hope of avoiding suspension for his red card against Moana Pasifika on Saturday.
Clarke was sent off in his side's 46-16 win over Moana Pasifika, after an aerial challenge on counterpart Tomasi Alosio.
The young winger will learn his fate, including a potential suspension, after a weekend that saw four red cards in Super Rugby Pacific.
As Alosio kicked ahead down the right touchline, Clarke lept to charge the kick down, but realised mid-flight that he was about to collide with his counterpart and tried to bail out. Both players landed heavily and Alosio had to be helped off with possible concussion.
SANZAAR has confirmed Clarke will face the judiciary on Wednesday night (NZ time), after allegedly contravening law 9.11, whereby "players must not do anything that is dangerous or reckless".
Following the Blues' victory on Saturday, coach Leon MacDonald defended Clarke's action as accidental.
"Rugby is quite dynamic and things do happen," he said. "I feel sorry for Caleb, because there's no malice in it.
"He's genuinely trying to charge the ball down and here he is on the sidelines.
"It's a tough call and I'm not disagreeing with the call. There is a safety element there and the referee's hands were tied, but I'm not sure what to say to Caleb - I don't think it was reckless and it was just unfortunate."
Clarke wouldn't be the first Blues player banned this season after a red card, with teammate Nepo Laulala currently serving a suspension, after a high shoulder charge against Moana Pasifika last Tuesday.
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