The Eels will be without standout winger Maika Sivo for the first three games due to a Grade 2 Careless High Tackle during the Pre-Season Challenge suspension.
Sivo pleaded guilty to his third and subsequent offence of that kind and accepted a three-game sentence following his knock on Titans centre AJ Brimson last Sunday.
After pleading guilty and collecting monetary fines, Knights veteran Jacob Saifiti, Storm utility Tyran Wishart, and Raiders five-eighth prospect Ethan Strange are now allowed to play in Round 1.
Saifiti was fined $1800 for his second Grade 1 Dangerous Contact offence, while Wishart was fined $1000 for his first conviction of this nature.
Strange was fined $1,000 for a Grade 1 Dangerous Throw.
Kurt Donoghoe, a Dolphins player, and Tyson Fakaosi, a Roosters lower-grade player, both accepted one-match suspensions instead of paying monetary fines.
