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EXPLAINED: Leniu set for ban as nrl comes down hard on rooster | Vintage Vibes

The Roosters' Spencer Leniu faces a two-match ban for a high tackle against Newcastle. (HANDOUT/NRL PHOTOS)

Sydney Roosters will be forced to start the NRL season without more than half of last year's first-choice team, after Spencer Leniu was hit with a a two-game ban for a high tackle.

Leniu was on Monday handed a grade-two careless high tackle charge, ruling him out of the Roosters' season-opening clashes with Brisbane and Penrith with an early guilty plea.

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