Incident’s aftermath
, NZPA Suva The Suva No. 8 forward, Marika Nasegai will be disciplined by the Fiji Rugby Union after being ordered off in Saturday’s match against the All Blacks, The Fiji Rugby Union chairman, Mr Barry Sweetman, said that Nasegai would very likely be suspended from playing rugby for a period yet to be decided upon. Nasegai was given his marching orders in the thirteenth minute of the second spell when he kicked the All Black half-back Steve Scott’s jaw. The build-up play involved a lineout and a subsequent maul. The All Black forwards had delivered the ball!
; to Scott, and the half-back had made his pass when he was kicked. Scott fell to the ground, but he soon regained his feet and played on for the remainder of the match. The incident was one of the few pieces of dirty play in the game, and Suva Rugby Union officials were most , upset that it had occurred. When the kick was delivered Nasegai was loosely bound to the maul, and Scott was in an upright position. Speaking at the postmatch dinner for the two teams on. Saturday evening, the Suva captain and prop, Nimilote Ratudina, publicly apologised to the New Zealanders for the incident.
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