Still reeling from Peter Wallace's season-ending injury, the Broncos will avoid further disruption and resist the temptation to fight a tripping charge against Karmichael Hunt.

The Brisbane fullback was charged following Saturday's NRL semi-final win over St George Illawarra but would have been available to play Saturday night's preliminary final against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium even if he fought the charge and lost.

However, Hunt now has 56 points hanging over his head going into the grand final qualifier.

"It could be a risk if something happens to him on the weekend and we make the grand final," Broncos boss Bruno Cullen told AAP.

"But it would be too disruptive to go down there (to Sydney) during the week and fight the charge.

"Peter Wallace is enough (trouble) for one week."

AFL-bound Hunt stuck out a foot as Dragon Jamie Soward ran past him, clipping the five-eighth.

"With all due respect, we were not too concerned by the (Hunt) incident but you can never be too sure," Cullen said.

"It was a trip of sorts, but it was a reflex action. I am slightly relieved that we can just take the early plea and get on with concentrating on playing Melbourne."

Barely 24 hours after being diagnosed with a broken ankle, halfback Wallace visited the Broncos' Red Hill headquarters on Monday on crutches.

Still distraught by the injury suffered late in the 24-10 win over the Dragons, Wallace received plenty of sympathy from teammates as he contemplated his role as spectator.

"He's quite down. We went over yesterday to see him. I think he's still in a bit of pain," Broncos utility Ben Te'o said.

"He's had a great year. But we just have to move on. We've got a job to do."

Meanwhile, Gold Coast interchange forward Sam Tagataese was charged for the hit which left Parramatta rookie Daniel Mortimer in doubt for Friday's grand final qualifier against the Bulldogs.

Tagataese made contact with Mortimer after the five-eighth had made a kick in just the fourth minute of last Friday's semi-final.

The hit forced Mortimer off the field in the 12th minute of the Eels' 27-2 win.

Tagataese will escape a ban with an early plea and miss one game if he unsuccessfully fights the charge.

And Soward's team-mate Beau Scott looks likely to miss the first two rounds of the 2010 season after being charged with a dangerous throw in the 77th minute of Saturday's clash.

Scott will receive a two-game ban regardless of whether he enters an early guilty plea or contests the charge.

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