Manly forward Addin Fonua-Blake to miss at least two weeks for slur directed at referee
Addin Fonua-Blake has been charged with contrary conduct for calling referee Grant Atkins a ‘f..king r....d’ at the weekend.
Manly forward Addin Fonua-Blake is facing a ban of at least two matches after being charged with contrary conduct for calling referee Grant Atkins a “f..king r....d” at the weekend.
Fonua-Blake, who apologised to Atkins immediately after the game, was charged with a grade three offence by the match review committee.
He has until Tuesday morning to respond to the charge but faces a two-match ban with an early guilty plea and three matches should he decide to fight the charge and lose at the judiciary.
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