Life ban for assaulting ref
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Oregan Hoskins, President of the South African Rugby Union, has applauded the life bans handed down to three players of the Fort Beaufort Barbarians Club for physically assaulting a referee.
The trio - Edmund Gunn, Clayton Bantom and Hyron Burgess - were found guilty of assaulting referee Llewellyn Loots at a pre-season tournament in the Eastern Cape town of Bedford on February 28.
They were sentenced by an Eastern Province Rugby Union disciplinary committee.
The Fort Beaufort Barbarians Club was also suspended from all rugby activities for the rest of the year by the committee.
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The trio - Edmund Gunn, Clayton Bantom and Hyron Burgess - were found guilty of assaulting referee Llewellyn Loots at a pre-season tournament in the Eastern Cape town of Bedford on February 28.
They were sentenced by an Eastern Province Rugby Union disciplinary committee.
The Fort Beaufort Barbarians Club was also suspended from all rugby activities for the rest of the year by the committee.
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