PLAYERS DISCIPLINED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 225, 17 May 1932, Page 6

PLAYERS DISCIPLINED

REFEREES REQUEST CHANGE IN PROCEDURE BY COMMITTEE TWO CASES DEALT WITH A letter was received by the Rotorua Rugby sub-union at its meeting last evening from the Referees' Association ohjecting to the manner in which the question of penalised players was dealt with by the management, committee and asking that the contents of the letter he considered before the referees reports were reai. The point at issue was that after the referee and the player had given ■evidence, outside opinion was taho* on the matter, a proeedure which ti t R fnro sr' A :'src: *) ' i on ' v« d v; ' i 'r jfrave '••:>»cevn it -v i- t o » t ?h:;l ti • takuig *:-i •;>; t-i" wa.tanty.nv »•»'. u nn . ....-ju of v >■ confidence in the r- ior ~ v. The association asked that th« union, when hehring the case of an oftfending player, take into consideration the referee's report and the player's defence only. The chairman of the management committee, Mr. T. S. Robertson, commenting on the lett°i\ said that ti-, request would be granted and ti:: suggested proeedure followed in future. As. however. a man had berr specially asked to attend that evenine to give evidmce, it was decided tha' be be heard The referee, Mr. Oneron's report the ordering off of Mirimiri Hanatr (Tom Mix'l on the Satwday befor. last and the player's evidence, giv: n at last meeting. were briefly putline 1. The referee stated that Hapatu'offence was th" deliherate indiserim!nate kicking of an opponent on th: ground . The player denied that ihe offence was d"lib»rate. saying that ! was an heevUnf. •j'i. ,.i . ....... • ".r T ,n wa- t i 1 a.:> . iu not L.-qvV 1 rot.5 !• ... y : . - ."-a :v • . '* ,n - •or's • .if ' iv. • i.'seidert. Aft- r some diseussion it was move \ that Hapatu be given the benefit o the doubt but this was lost on th casting vote of the chair It was finallv decided that Kapat • he stood down until the end of the first round. A Kahukura junior player Mull" gan, ordsred off by Mr. W. E. Penna (referee) for insubortination, who dbnot appear, was stood down for th remainder of the season.