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A Wellington rugby player has been suspended for 12 weeks after his penalty for kicking an opponent was appealed.
A Wellington rugby player who kicked an opponent in the head has been sidelined for the rest of the season after the local union successfully appealed against the penalty he d previously received. Meanwhile, the head of the club for which the victim plays is concerned that another of its teams is set to play against a team that was involved in a separate violent incident on the same day. The Stokes Valley lock, involved in the first incident, faced a judicial hearing in relation to an incident where he kicked a Johnsonville player repeatedly, including “one big boot to the head”, during a men s premier 2 game on Saturday.