Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary has entered an early guilty plea to a third-degree endangerment charge.
Cleary will miss five NRL games, ruling him out of the rest of the regular season, but will be eligible to return for Week 1 of the NRL finals series.
The representative halfback had been sent off for the dangerous tackle on Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown during the Round 20 clash at CommBank Stadium on Friday night.
Panthers manager Ivan Cleary will name a replacement at half-back on Tuesday afternoon.
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Nathan Cleary sent off