Nelson Asofa-Solomona found himself in the sin bin after just one play in Friday night's NRL preliminary final.
The Storm enforcer made heavy contact with Roosters forward Lindsay Collins, who was bringing the ball out in the first run of the match.
Collins was visibly rattled as he attempted to play the ball, before referee Grant Atkins blew his whistle, awarding a penalty for high contact.
Atkins then sent Asofa-Solomona to the sin bin where he spent the next 10 minutes of the match.
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Collins was ruled to have suffered a concussion, which was initially deemed a Category 2 before being upgraded to a Category 1.
That ruled him out for the remainder of the game.
Had the Roosters gone on and reached the grand final, he would have been subject to a mandatory 11-day stand-down period, which would have been him miss the decider.
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Following the sin-bin, the Roosters swiftly made their way down to the field before earning a penalty goal.
Trent Robinson's team then took further advantage of their numerical superiority, with Daniel Tupou crossing on the left wing to make it 6-0 after nine minutes.
However, once Asofa-Solomona returned to the field, the Storm regained their composure, building a 22-6 half-time lead.
The Roosters fought back briefly in the second stanza to bring things back to a single-score margin, but Melbourne ran away late to win 48-18.
Asofa-Solomona now faces a nervous wait for the match review committee's findings on Saturday morning, which will determine if he is suspended for the grand final.
