Huddersfield Giants will be without utility player Tommy Lee for the next two matches after he submitted an early guilty plea to a high tackle, the Rugby Football League have announced.

Lee, who was put on report for the tackle on Warrington Wolves stand-off Lee Briers during the Giants’ 32-22 defeat on Saturday, was charged with the grade C offence by the RFL’s match review panel but will no longer need to face a disciplinary hearing.

The option to take an early guilty plea is available to any player who has been charged with a grade A to C offence and who has not been found guilty of any other misconduct in the previous 12 months.