GISBORNE (New Zealand): Rugby union referees protesting a 10-year ban given to a player who severely assaulted a referee will refuse to work matches in the Poverty Bay region this weekend.
Last Friday, Pirates captain and former Poverty Bay prop Pene Fotuaika was given the 10-year ban for striking referee Fred Barwick in a match on April 12. The referees want Fotuaika to receive a life ban.
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