NRL judiciary clears Crichton for finals as Koroisau faces three-game ban

As the NRL season narrows toward its final reckoning, the fates of clubs are being decided not only on the field but in the quiet deliberations of judiciary panels. Angus Crichton's reprieve and Api Koroisau's suspension remind us that the line between a team's survival and its unraveling can rest on a single ruling, a single moment of contact, a single grade on a charge sheet. At Kogarah and across the competition, the Dragons, Raiders, Bulldogs, and Panthers each carry the weight of a season's worth of effort into matches where only one outcome will do.