Latrell Mitchell has received another suspension for the high shot that led to him being sin-binned in South Sydney’s Anzac Day loss to the Melbourne Storm.

Mitchell collected Storm young gun Sua Fa’alogo high with an attempted tackle and was hit with a grade-two dangerous contact charge by the match review committee, triggering a two-match ban that can be reduced to one with an early plea.

Since March 30 last year, Mitchell has been charged five previous times by the match review committee, missing three games and paying $7800 in fines as well as seven per cent of his match fee for State of Origin II.

The famously media-averse Mitchell withdrew from the post match press conference following his latest shot in the Rabbitohs’ loss, despite serving as stand-in captain.

This latest ban is a huge blow for an undermanned team already missing Cody Walker, Jamie Humphreys and Cameron Murray.

He had received unlikely support from Storm coach Craig Bellamy and five-eighth Cameron Munster for the incident. The 20cm difference in height between the towering Sydneysider and Fa’alago also didn’t help.

“I just think in the game now, there’s a lot of, when people get hit high, they’re dropping,” Bellamy said. “I don’t know whether … sometimes, you can’t control that. 

“I know it’s a dangerous place to go to pick ones out that you think could or couldn’t have controlled it, so I don’t think anyone’s going to go there, but I don’t think there was too much malice in it. But I only had a quick look at it.”

Munster, who captained the side with regular skipper Harry Grant out injured, felt it was difficult for Mitchell to avoid the Storm player. “I know we’re trying to protect a lot of players with obviously the head knocks and stuff but I’m probably on the side of Craig. 

“It’s slippery out there, it’s wet, force on force, a lot of speed. Sua’s very quick, Latrell’s very big and I don’t know where you want Latrell to go there. 

“Sua’s obviously trying to engage him to be able to pass and he slipped over so I feel like sometimes it’s hard to get yourself out of those positions when you’re fully in and into the contact. There was not a whole heap of malice by the look of it.

“”I know where the game’s trying to go and protect a lot of players and as long as we keep it consistently around the game, I don’t have a problem with it at all.”

Roosters five-eighth Sandon Smith, Warriors forward Marata Niukore and Knights prop Leo Thompson are facing fines ranging from $1000-$1800 for careless high tackles earlier on Anzac Day.

Canterbury are counting the cost of their Thursday night loss to the Brisbane Broncos, with three players receiving suspensions out of a chaotic evening at Suncorp Stadium.

A trio of Bulldogs – Josh Curran, Sitili Tupouniua and Marcelo Montoya – were sent to the sin bin during the club’s streak-ending 42-18 loss; while several others were lucky to escape the same fate.

Curran was marched in the 10th minute after a high shoulder to the head of Payne Haas.

Making matters worse, Tupouniua was then sent for 10 with the score at 34-0 late in the first half, after high contact on Brendan Piakura.

Montoya was unluckier, sin-binned in a controversial second half incident in which Piakura fell into his shoulder after a Viliame Kikau tackle.

Things could have been even worse, with Matt Burton staying on the field after a high hit on Billy Walters late in the first half that would have reduced the Bulldogs to 11 men; while Tupouniua was extremely fortunate to avoid being sin-binned for a second time after a raised knee collected Piakura during a tackle.

Broncos captain Adam Reynolds was heard on the referee mic insisting to Gerard Sutton that Tupouniua be sent off.

“That’s a send-off, mate – what’s the game come to?” he said. “We give a little bump … and it’s 10 in the bin.”

The Dogs have paid a heavy price for the night of ill discipline, with a combined 13 weeks’ suspension doled out to Curran, Tupouniua and Burton for their acts.

Burton was hit with a Grade 2 careless high tackle charge to earn a two-week ban that he can have downgraded to one with an early plea, while Curran received a hefty four-match sanction that can be reduced to three for his Grade 2 shoulder charge.

Tupouniua was hardest hit, copping two suspensions for his twin acts – a four-game ban that can come down to three for his shoulder charge, and a three-game sanction down to two for his high knee in Piakura.

All up, he will spend at least five weeks on the sidelines unless the Bulldogs can successfully challenge one or both of his bans.

Montoya was the only sin-binned Bulldog spared. Dogs coach Cameron Ciraldo lamented his side’s ill discipline, describing the frequent sin-binnings as a “ball-ache”.

“It was a comedy of errors but we will walk away with plenty of lessons,” he said. “Number one, we are not good enough to be beaten at the laws of the game like that. 

“Number two, we are not good enough to play as individuals. We played as a team in the second half and started to look like the Bulldogs again.

Broncos celebrate Xavier Willison’s try. (Photo by Albert Perez/Getty Images)

“Number three, we never give up … we attacked the second half and scored 18 points.

“I am really proud of the second half and filthy at the first half.”

“We’ve been pretty disciplined so we’ll fix that pretty quickly.”

Bailey Hayward looks set to replace Burton in the halves for the Bulldogs’ Magic Round clash with Gold Coast, while Daniel Suluka-Fifita and Kurtis Morrin appear leading candidates to join the forward pack.

Burton should return for the ensuing tough road trip to Canberra, while Curran is on track to return against the Sydney Roosters in round 11.

with AAP