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Wari Vele Raiders manager fined
for misconduct
SP Cup franchise Wari Vele Raiders
team manager has been fined by Papua New Guinea Rugby Football
League judiciary for infringement and banned for four matches in
any involvement with the team.
PNGRFL in a statement said that exercising its constitutional
right under Section 19(1), have forwarded three match reports of
the match played on Sunday last week between Wari Vele Raiders and
sister team Brian Bell Bulldogs and have directed its disciplinary
arm the National Judiciary Committee to deal with and adjudicate
on the misconduct by Wari Vele team manager Pouna Vagi.
The statement said that Vagi’s behaviour in threatening touch
judge Stanley Lesson was appalling and detrimental to the Rugby
League Code and any such behavior will not be tolerated.
PNGRFL judiciary committee, after reviewing three independent
reports conclusively that Vagi have breached the PNGRFL
constitution for misconduct contrary to section 19(4) and
suspended him for four matches and from coming to 10 metres of
PNGRFL-sanctioned games for the remaining SP Cup matches in 2007,
otherwise two competition points for Wari Vele Raiders will be
forfeited for very appearance.
The raiders team was also fined K1,000 to be paid in full to
PNGRFL account before the next match.

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