Canberra to appeal $10,000 penalty over Furner's comments on referees
From:The Australian
CANBERRA will appeal against the $10,000 breach notice served by the ARL Commission following coach David Furner's criticism of the referees in Sunday's 18-12 NRL loss to Manly.
Furner confirmed yesterday he would fight the fine, saying at no point had he intended to question the integrity of referees Jared Maxwell and Tony de las Heras.
"We're definitely going to appeal it," Furner said. "I certainly thought on the day what my belief was. I expressed that in the press conference, so that's where I'll leave it."
Furner was furious following the loss at Brookvale Oval after his side was on the wrong end of an 8-3 penalty count. "What I look at is the overall penalty count -- 8-3 -- now we're not nearly a three times worse side in discipline than Manly," Furner said after the game. "I don't think anybody expected us to come here and win. Maybe not them (the referees)."
But when asked if he had questioned the integrity of the referees, Furner responded: "No, and I said no to that question when asked."
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