'I'm not going to let it rest'
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Roosters heavyweights Nick Politis and Mark Bouris have escaped any censure from the NRL integrity unit over allegations they intimidated a referee in Las Vegas - but the matter may not be over quite yet.
Referee Mitchell James is fuming with the outcome and has emailed the NRL declaring he will take the matter further.
Roosters chairman Politis and board member Bouris had words with James following a pool match between the LA Roosters and Brisbane Veterans in the Vegas Nines tournament.
James alleged he was verbally abused and intimidated by the pair and removed from officiating a subsequent game involving Greece, a team also supported by Politis.
An NRL source told Wide World of Sports that after an investigation by the integrity unit, the Roosters pair had no case to answer but the club was warned not to approach match officials at any time.
The two Roosters officials have strongly denied any wrongdoing.
"We were not in his face, I made sure we stayed our distance. We were not threatening, and we didn't abuse him and didn't swear," Bouris previously told The Sydney Morning Herald.
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"We did go over and I did say that I had seen a lot of football and that refereeing was disgraceful. Nick said something similar. I do not believe I said to him he 'reffed us out of the game'.
"Maybe someone else said that.
"He may have filed a formal complaint against us, but we filed one against him at the tournament because of the poor standard of refereeing."
The NRL's response has left James, who paid his own way to Vegas to help officiate the tournament, fuming and threatening legal action.
"It just sends a bad message - match officials cop a lot of abuse and for two such high profile individuals to get a slap on the wrist for what they did is disgraceful," James told Wide World of Sports.
"I haven't even been formally told anything by the NRL or the integrity Unit about their findings.
"I'm not going to let it rest and am looking at my options."
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