diff --git a/crates/contracts/src/kakarot_core/eth_rpc.cairo b/crates/contracts/src/kakarot_core/eth_rpc.cairo
index 62ea780d..9c5ffbec 100644
--- a/crates/contracts/src/kakarot_core/eth_rpc.cairo
+++ b/crates/contracts/src/kakarot_core/eth_rpc.cairo
@@ -175,14 +175,6 @@ pub impl EthRPC<
     fn eth_send_transaction(
         ref self: TContractState, mut tx: Transaction
     ) -> (bool, Span<u8>, u64) {
-        panic!("unimplemented")
-    }
-
-    fn eth_send_raw_unsigned_tx(
-        ref self: TContractState, mut tx_data: Span<u8>
-    ) -> (bool, Span<u8>, u64) {
-        let tx = TransactionTrait::decode_enveloped(ref tx_data).expect('EOA: could not decode tx');
-
         let mut kakarot_state = KakarotState::get_state();
         let intrinsic_gas = validate_eth_tx(@kakarot_state, tx);
 
@@ -197,6 +189,15 @@ pub impl EthRPC<
         starknet_backend::commit(ref state).expect('Committing state failed');
         (success, return_data, gas_used)
     }
+
+    //TODO: we can't really unit-test this with foundry because we can't generate the RLP-encoding
+    //in Cairo Find another way - perhaps test-data gen with python?
+    fn eth_send_raw_unsigned_tx(
+        ref self: TContractState, mut tx_data: Span<u8>
+    ) -> (bool, Span<u8>, u64) {
+        let tx = TransactionTrait::decode_enveloped(ref tx_data).expect('EOA: could not decode tx');
+        Self::eth_send_transaction(ref self, tx)
+    }
 }
 
 trait IEthRPCInternal<T> {
diff --git a/crates/contracts/src/kakarot_core/interface.cairo b/crates/contracts/src/kakarot_core/interface.cairo
index 4bce029d..826ffdf7 100644
--- a/crates/contracts/src/kakarot_core/interface.cairo
+++ b/crates/contracts/src/kakarot_core/interface.cairo
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ pub trait IExtendedKakarotCore<TContractState> {
     /// Executes an EVM transaction and possibly modifies the state
     fn eth_send_transaction(ref self: TContractState, tx: Transaction) -> (bool, Span<u8>, u64);
 
+    fn eth_send_raw_unsigned_tx(
+        ref self: TContractState, encoded_tx_data: Span<u8>
+    ) -> (bool, Span<u8>, u64);
+
     // Returns the transaction count (nonce) of the specified address
     fn eth_get_transaction_count(self: @TContractState, address: EthAddress) -> u64;
 
diff --git a/crates/contracts/tests/test_kakarot_core.cairo b/crates/contracts/tests/test_kakarot_core.cairo
index 45fde481..971a8811 100644
--- a/crates/contracts/tests/test_kakarot_core.cairo
+++ b/crates/contracts/tests/test_kakarot_core.cairo
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ fn test_eth_send_transaction_deploy_tx() {
     let value = 0;
 
     // When
-    // Set the contract address to the EOA address, so that the caller of the `eth_send_transaction`
+    // Set the contract address to the EOA address, so that the caller of the
+    // `eth_send_transaction`
     // is an eoa
     let tx = TxLegacy {
         chain_id: Option::Some(chain_id()),