The 22-year-old faces a two-game ban for making contact with Cummins in the victory against the Panthers, but Canterbury may have a case to argue. Flashpoint: David Klemmer makes contact with referee Ben Cummins. Credit:Channel Nine Vision of the incident shows Klemmer had his arms raised before Cummins advanced towards him to award a penalty to Penrith, then making slight contact with the chest of the official as he approached. However minor the incident may appear, Klemmer would have been cleared to play against Parramatta next week if it weren't for his terrible record, which includes two non-similar and one similar offence in the past 12 months. The 90 per cent loading, as well as carry-over points, ensured the NSW Origin prop would sit out two games unless he decided to fight the charge.

There was no malice in Klemmer's touch, but the match review committee is intent on stamping out any contact with the officials. Klemmer appears to glare at Cummins. Credit:Nine While Soward came into contact with a referee in the same match, it was deemed to have been accidental and the Panthers five-eighth wasn't charged. The incident with Klemmer occurred in the 55th minute of the match as he protested with Cummins about the tackle that left five-eighth Josh Reynolds struggling to get off the deck. Klemmer will miss just two matches with an early plea but also faces a two-game ban if he fights and loses because of carryover points.

The 50 per cent loading for a similar offence came on Good Friday last year, when he was hit with a three-game ban for contrary conduct in retaliation to a controversial refereeing decision that gifted South Sydney the victory. He also had two separate non-similar offences (20 per cent loading each), which included the torpedo tackle on Kenny Bromwich in this year's preseason trial match at Belmore Sportsground as well as a dangerous tackle in round four last year. Bulldogs skipper James Graham was placed on report for a shoulder charge on Penrith prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard from a goal-line drop-out in the second half of the match at Pepper Stadium. However, the match review committee didn't charge the Englishman, who is free to play against the Eels at ANZ Stadium next Friday night. Meanwhile, Bulldogs halfback Moses Mbye reflected on a positive start to the season, admitting he was enjoying repaying the faith the club has shown him.

"I didn't mount that much pressure on myself to be honest," Mbye said. "I'm here to do a job for the club because they believe I can do it and so do I. I believe I can do the role for this club. It's always good to get a win early and a couple of good performances there, hopefully we can build on our game and me and Josh can build on our relationship and improve throughout the year. "It's a good opportunity to get the No.7 on my back. That's why you play rugby league, to pursue your dreams. And my dream was to become No.7 at this club. I'm very fortunate for that."