Grant Atkins abused by AFB

[globaleagle]

NRL fines Fonua-Blake $20,000 over referee tirade

Manly prop Addin Fonua-Blake has been fined $20,000 for breaching the NRL's Anti Vilification Code during his foul-mouthed tirade against referee Grant Atkins.

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Manly prop Addin Fonua-Blake has been fined $20,000 for breaching the NRL's Anti Vilification Code during his foul-mouthed tirade against referee Grant Atkins.

The money will be donated to a wheelchair club after his use of a derogatory term for the disabled community.

NRL acting CEO Andrew Abdo will also recommend to the ARL Commission that match review committee guidelines should be simplified to include a mandatory referral to the judiciary for all abuse and intimidation of match officials, above common dissent.

Abdo believes this will give extra support to referees and the committee.

He announced the fine on Friday for Fonua-Blake, who had already been handed a two-match suspension for contrary conduct, after he met with the Tongan international, Manly chief executive Stephen Humphreys and coach Des Hasler on Thursday afternoon.

Fonua-Blake was sent off by Atkins following the full-time siren in Manly's dramatic two-point loss to Newcastle at Lottoland on Sunday when the prop abused the referee when his team was not awarded a penalty after a last-ditch attacking raid.

The money from the fine will be used by Wheelchair Rugby League Australia to buy new wheelchairs. He will donate his time to refereeing during the season to gain a better understanding and respect of disability groups.

 

[dowdz]

Wow that's a big amount. Seen worse got off. I still don't get the suspension of 2 games though. How does when get sent off after a siren and cop 2 games for it? If he didn't use the word he did would it have been the same?

 

[globaleagle]

Ok, so now that's sorted.

What's HQ going to do about the Maxwell howler of a decision (yet again) and can we get more info regarding actions and investigations over the possibility that refs simply heard afb in the change room and he did not confront them as reported?

 

[BOZO]

NRL fines Fonua-Blake $20,000 over referee tirade

Manly prop Addin Fonua-Blake has been fined $20,000 for breaching the NRL's Anti Vilification Code during his foul-mouthed tirade against referee Grant Atkins.

www.nrl.com

Manly prop Addin Fonua-Blake has been fined $20,000 for breaching the NRL's Anti Vilification Code during his foul-mouthed tirade against referee Grant Atkins.

The money will be donated to a wheelchair club after his use of a derogatory term for the disabled community.

NRL acting CEO Andrew Abdo will also recommend to the ARL Commission that match review committee guidelines should be simplified to include a mandatory referral to the judiciary for all abuse and intimidation of match officials, above common dissent.

Abdo believes this will give extra support to referees and the committee.

He announced the fine on Friday for Fonua-Blake, who had already been handed a two-match suspension for contrary conduct, after he met with the Tongan international, Manly chief executive Stephen Humphreys and coach Des Hasler on Thursday afternoon.

Fonua-Blake was sent off by Atkins following the full-time siren in Manly's dramatic two-point loss to Newcastle at Lottoland on Sunday when the prop abused the referee when his team was not awarded a penalty after a last-ditch attacking raid.

The money from the fine will be used by Wheelchair Rugby League Australia to buy new wheelchairs. He will donate his time to refereeing during the season to gain a better understanding and respect of disability groups.

We are told by the NRL that The Bunker is powered by a world class fibre network to improve the accuracy, consistency, efficiency and transparency of the decision review process.
Unfortunately the NRL does not have world class Senior Match Review Officials
But insists on keeping incompetent fools ( I have now offended the politically correct and all the fools )
like Jared Maxwell who uses this world class state of the art technology to watch countless slow motion replays but still totally fcks up and makes a negative impact on the game, the fans , the punters and the players . The NRL like any organisation is only as good as the people it employees and this clown ( now I am offending all the clowns out there ) Jared Maxwell is bringing down the NRL standards to amature levels .

 

[globaleagle]

That's a bold statement!

 

[madmax]

How convenient has it been for the NRL to make it all about AFB rather than this incompetent f***. AGAIN.

Jimmy......the journos could have made a big deal about Leilua’s dog shot or Horsborough’s finger salute or Cleary’s on camera antics which all obviously didn’t offend anyone or bring the game into disrepute lololol but as usual picked on anything Manly. We’re damned if we do & damned if we don’t so we just gotta get used to it. Even if AFB didn’t use the offensive word he would still get crucified!

 

[EaglesDontTweet]

Malcolm Knox raises some good points...

If the NRL wants to change the world, it must separate education from punishment

If the NRL is to have any hope of stopping the cycle of players stepping out of line, it must recalibrate and extend the "education" part of the sanction.

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