NORTH Queensland enforcer Jason Taumalolo is free to take his place in next Saturday’s NRL preliminary final after being cleared of a shoulder charge against Parramatta.

There were fears the Cowboys star would be rubbed out of their clash against the Sydney Roosters for what appeared to be a shoulder charge on Eels’ rival Nathan Brown on Saturday.

Taumalolo appeared to fail to wrap his arms around Brown as he lined up the Eels enforcer midway through the first-half, but was cleared by the match review committee on Sunday.

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