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War On The
Assaulting the referee on the football field is not altogether uncommon in P-NG Rugby League, but it can be expensive, as two New Guineans found out recently.
In a match between Comworks and South Lae on August 30, Godou Edea hit referee Robert Taylor, knocking him un :onscious.
The second incident was on September 5, when Maeareke score was alleged to have issaulted referee Gordon Sears luring a match between Wara ahs and South Lae.
In court charged with assault, ;ach man was fined £l5, after vhich the prosecutor, Sub nspector R. Sexton, told the ourt that assaults were a habit n Lae Rugby League when )layers disagreed with the eferee’s decision.
Magistrate Sir Col m a n TLoghlen said the two men had cted like “bush kanakas” instead •f people living in a civilised ommunity.